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CONCERT 

Temperance Exercises; 

OR, 

HELPS FOR ENTERTAINMENTS. 

A Collection of Exercises suitable for use in 

Sunday-schools, Day-schools, Bands of Hope, 

Loyal Temperance Legions, Juvenile 

Temples, and all Children's 

Organizations, 

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY 

, / 

l/penney, 

Editor of ''''Rallying Songs for Youjzg Teetotalers ^'^^ ^'' yuvenile Tem- 
perance Reciter ^^^ Nos. I, 2, and ^^ ^^ Readings a7id Recitations^^'' 
. Nos, I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, "77/<? National Temper- 
ance Orator ^^^ etc. 




NEW YORK: 

The Uational Temperance Society and Publication House, 

58 READE STREET. 
1890. 






Copyright, 1890, by 
The National Temperance Society and Publication House. 



PRESS OF 

e. O. JENKINS" SON 

NEW YORK. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 

Amendment Alphabet, The 25 

Apple Party, An 27 

Best Class, The 44 

Beware of the Saloons. 154 

Conflict, The 47 

Children's Watch-Meeting, The 93 

Christmas Entertainment, A 126 

Days of the Week, The 9 

Dare to Do Right 56 

Don't Leave Out the Girls 67 

Dibble's Dilemma ; or. How King Dabble got oyer 

the Trouble 147 

For God and Home ant) Native Land 70 

Go Forward 39 

Little Things 59 

Murmurs of Complaint 24 

Months, The 63 

Our Motto 20 

Our Year 78 

(3) 



4 Contents, 

Patriotic Exercise, A.. . . 98 

Questions Answered from God's Word 41 

Starting a New Colony 14 

Sign the Pledge , 52 

Suasion and Persuasion 57 

Seasons, The , 108 

Story of the Nativity, The Ill 

Ten Little Temperance Boys 8 

Temperance Clock, A 36 

Trees and Choppers 72 

Temperance or Intemperance 108 

Twiddle, Twaddle 115 

Welcome Exercise, A 5 

What We Mean to Do 31 

While the Sun Shines 61 

When I am Twenty-one 65 

Water-Drops and Wine-Drops 85 



CONCERT 



TEMPERANCE EXERCISES 



A WELCOME EXERCISE, 

For Opening of Meeting. 

BY EDWAED CAKSWELL. 

For seven little girls^ who should all he of the f^arne height. Each should 
carry a Japanese fan with the letter she represents painted on boldly in 
black. The letter should be hidden frmn audience as she appears ; and 
the fail carried in left hand., and when raised held against right shoulder. 
Each child comes hi separately., recites her verse, and remains standiiig, 
facing the audience, till all have recited. 

First Giel, with Letter W. 

I liaYe a little storVj 
And they sent me out to tell it. 
But, as it's all in one big word, 
I guess we'd better spell it. 
So I begin with W, 

(Raises fan with letter toivard 
audience, J 
Which means that we — that we — 

(5) 




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Second Girl, with Letter E, corner forimrd. and looks 
atjlrBt^irl as she recites. 



Cannot be spelled, you little goose, 
Without the letter E 

(Raises fan and stands in line 
with first girl, facing au- 
dience,) 




Third Girl, with Letter L, comes forward and stands 

beside E. 



Love one ^another, that's my text. 
And Love begins with L. 

(Raises fan,) 
Eemember that. But that is not 
The word we come to spell. 




Fourth Girl, with Letter C, comes forward and stands 

beside L. 



Contentment leads to happiness. 

And I'm content to be 

The one who brings — tp help you 

spell — 
The pretty letter— C. 




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Fifth Girl, with Letter O, comes forward and stands 

beside C. 



Order is Heaven's first la^^^, they say, 
And that is true, you know. 
But as I'm but a cipher, I 
Shall only add an O. 

(Raises fan ) 



Sixth Girl, with Letter M, comes forward and stands 

beside O. 



Mercy and truth go hand in hand, 

(Baisesfan.) 
I ask you, then, to take 
Our pledge, and help us conquer 

rum. 
For truth and mercy's sake. 



Seventh Girl, with Letter E, comes forward and standi 

beside M. 

Enough ! The word is finished 
By uniting all its parts. 

(Baisesfan.) 
We spell it on our pretty fans. 

All together in unison. 
And mean it in our hearts. 

As they recite this last line together, each girl should 
place her right hand on h^r heart, and all bow to the audi- 
ence as the last word is spoken. 





8 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

TEN LITTLE TEMPERANCE BOYS. 

For Ten Little Boys. 

BY IDA M. BUXTON. 

This^ if well rendered^ is very taking. It commences by one boy reciting 
the first verse. As he takes up the last word he is joined by another little 
boy, who runs or walks very quickly to join him. Together they recite 
the seco7id verse, and are quickly joined by another boy ; the three take up 
the third verse. In this way the number of boys increases at each verse, 
till at the last they number ten. They should be careful to speak boldly 
and in unison, and at the last two verses take hold of hands, forming a 
semicircle. 

One little temperance boy, to his work so true, 
Pledged another little hoy — then there were two. 

Two little temperance boys, from bad habits free, 
Got another boy to join them — ^then there were three. 

Three little temperance boys, never drank nor swore, 
Taught a boy he must not smoke — then there were four. 

Four little temperance boys, to their work alive, 
Helped another boy be good — then there were five. 

Five little temperance bo3^s, eyes so very bright, 
Soon started number six on the road to right. 

Six little temperance bo^^s, looking up to heaven. 
Cheered a playmate on the way — then there were seven. 

Seven little temperance boys, all rum they hate. 
Told a fellow of the wrong — then there were eight. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 9 

Eight little temperance boys, touch not, taste not wine, 
Asked a schoolmate not to drink — then there were nine. 

Nine little temperance boys learned the truth, and then 
Told it to another boy — so there were ten. 

Ten little temperance boys, working hand-in-hand. 
To drive strong drink away from our native land, 

Ask you all to help them, work with all your might : 
Never fear nor falter ; God is with the right. 



THE DAYS OF THE WEEK. 

A Kitchen-Garden Exercise for Seven Little Girls. 

BY MATTIE MC CASLIN. 

Uach character must wear a crown bearing the name of the day she 
represents ; the one for Sunday heing larger and handsowxr than tlie 
others. In the centre of the stage an altar marked '' LABOR," 

1. Monday (carrying a wash-hoard), 

I am a very busy day, 

I am just after Sunday ; 
But many people slander me, 
And say I am blue Monday. 
I play upon an instrument, 
If every one would use — 
The wash-board good — 
They never would 
Be troubled with the blues. 



lo Concert Temperance Exercises, 

2. Tuesday (carrying an ironing-board). 

Good-evening, sister, here I am, 

And I have work to do ; 
For, though the clothes are nicely washed, 

They must be ironed, too. 
I starch and iron everything, 
And put them all away. 
So you will see 
That I must be 
A very busy day. 

3. Wednesday (carrying a rolling-pin). 

Dear me, I have so much to do ! 

I must be on my feet. 
Though clothes are washed, and ironed, too, 

They're never fit to eat. 
I make the bread, the cake, the pies, 

Doughnuts and cookies, too ; 
With flour and spice, 
And all things nice, 

I work as well as you. 
But in no cake, or pie, or pudding fine, 
Do I put the least drop of brandy or wine. 

4. Thursday (carrying knitting or sewing). 

There's something left for me to do. 
Which I will never shirk. 

I cut and fit, 

And sew and knit, 
Such is my daily work. 



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What children wear 
They often tear ; 
When other work is through, 
With thimble, thread, 
And needle bright, 
I make them good as new. 

5. Friday (carrying a broom). 

Some call me an unlucky day ; 

I don't know why they should, 
When oft they turn around and say 

That I am Friday Good. 
I wipe the doors 
And sweep the floors, 
The house I overhaul, 

To pave the way 

For Saturdav, 
The busiest of all. 

6. Saturday (carrying wooden pail and scrubbing-brush). 

I am the biggest work-day, 

I make things splash and splatter. 
With scour and scrub. 
And rub-a-dub, 
On floor and tin and platter. 
But I must make things nice and clean 

For our dear sister-guest, 
The Sabbath-day, of all the rest 
The sweetest and the best. 



12 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

7. Sunday (carrying an open Bible, passes slowly before 
all the days, beginning with Satueday, and then stands 
at the head beside Monday j. 

My sisters, dear, you all are here, 

Each in your proper space. 
The last shall yet be first, you know, 
And so I take my place. 
On Sabbath-day 
No work or play 
Should lure us from the duty 

Of serving Him who made this earth, 
So full of life and beauty. 

Beginning with Saturday, they approach the altar of La- 
bor, one by one, and lay their emblems upon it, the 
open Bible on top. They then join hands and circle 
sloivly around the altar, singing to the tune of " Rome, 
Sweet Home.'' 

We come one by one 

With our duties so plain, 
And when we are gone 

We will ne'er come again. 
Improve then each moment. 

Each hour, each day ; 
For slowly but surely 
We're passing away. 

They retire, one by one, beginning with Saturday, still 
singing softly the chorus : 

Each day, passing away ; 
For ever and ever we're passing away. 
The music, ivith organ accompiniment, dies away softly. 



Concert Te^nperance Exercises, 13 

MOTION EXERCISE 

BY MRS. NELLIE H. BRADLEY, 
I. 

Eight hand/ left hand/ 

What can you do ? 
Little deeds of kindness, 

All the day through. 
Touching not tobacco. 

Cider, beer, or wine, 
Even with the tips of 

These fingers ^ of mine. 
Shake hands all hands,^ here we do agree. 
From bad habits ever to be free. 

n. 

Eight foot,^ left foot,« 

What can you do ? 
Try to walk the straight path, 

All the day through. 
Turning not aside, with 

Evil ones to stray. 
In the sinful mazes 

Of the drunkard's wav. 
Eight foot," left foot,® you are in the Band. 
On the side of temperance take your stand. 

ni. 

Gently folding our hands,' 
This we can do : 



14 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Loving Saviour, keep us, 

All the day through. 
Ever guide our young feet 

Far from ever^^ snare, 
Dav-time and night-time. 
By Thy tender care. 
Eight hand,^ left hand,^ clapping merrily ; ^® 
Eight foot, left foot, tapj)ing cheerily. ^^ 
All hands, clasp hands ! ^'^ for the cause unite ; 
Forward ! march ! King Alcohol to fight. ^^ 

Motions.— Verse I. 1 Hold up right hand. 2 Hold up left hand. 3 Hold 
up both hands, palms inward, and fingers spread. 4 Shake hands with neigh- 
bor on either side. 

Verse II. 5 Extend right foot. 6 Extend left foot. 

Verse III. 7 Put hands together as in prayer. 8 Hold up right hand. 
9 Hold up left hand. 10 Clap hands. 11 Tap floor gently with right foot and 
then left foot. 12 All clasp hands. 13 All march round the room, keeping 
step to quick music from instrument; which should be continued for five min. 
utes or more. 



STARTING A NEW COLONY. 

For Ten Boys. 

ARRANGED FOR THIS WORK, FROM A RECITATION BY THOMAS 

CAMP. 

The leader of the meeting should give the first verse in explanation^ and 
retire. A table with papers^ bookSy and legal docwnents shoidd be on one 
side, beside which sits the President of the Colony, Each applicant cames 
up to the President bearing symbols of his office or worJc^ and after he is 
accepted^ steps aside. The rejected ones retire. 

Leader. 

A company did once agree 
To found a model Colony ; 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 15 

And this important law they made : 
Not to admit a dangerous trade. 
So when their plans were all complete, 
They at the entrance took their seat. 
Then called the traders, who had come 
To make this favored place their home, 
And begged them to enumerate 
The duties each to undertake. 

President of Colony (who looks very wise). 

Step forward, friends, we wish to know 
What kind of labor you can do. 

Farmer (hearing hoe and spade). 
I clear the soil, and plow and sow. 
And fence, and drain, and reap, and mow. 

President. 

Pass in, good friend, you're welcome here, 
And may you prosper year by year. 

Ah ! here comes another applicant. 
Mr. Builder, we wish to know 
The work which you propose to do. 

Builder (carrying plane and saw), 

I build your houses, barns, and stables. 

And make your cupboards, chairs, and tables. 

President. 

Pass in, pass in, you're welcome here, 
Tour handiwork will soon appear. 



1 6 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Here comes another, heavy laden, 
Perhaps he carries what we don't trade in. 
Pray, Mr. Justv/eight, will you tell us 
The various goods you mean to sell us ? 

Store-keepee (carrying soap-lox and various bags and 

packages). 

I deal in sugar, tea, and rice, 

In candles, bacon, soap, and spice, 

In calicoes, and ready-mades, 

And handbills, reaphooks, prongs, and spades. 

President. 

Stay, friend — do you intend to link 
With USEFUL goods, the sale of drink ? 

Store-keeper. 

O no, that trade 111 ne'er pursue, 

I'm pledged — see, here's the " bit of blue." 

President. 

All right, stand firm — your wares we need ; 

Be just and true, and you'll succeed. 

Ah ! there comes a man, a lover of books, 

Both wise and sensible, to judge from his looks. 

Now, sir, you'll please to communicate 

The duties you will undertake. 

Schoolmaster (carrying Dictionary and armful of books). 

I'll teach your children, as they come. 
To spell, and read, and write, and sum. 
I'll urge them every vice to shun, 
And in the path of virtue run. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 17 

President. 
Come in, brother, you're welcome here, 
We greet you with a hearty cheer. 
Here comes another with bag and bottle, 
Diseases dire he loves to throttle. 
Tell us. Doctor, how you intend 
Your time and talents to expend. 

Doctor (carrying ^mall medicine-satchel and box of pills 

'■ and plasters). 

With powders, plasters, draughts, and pills, 
I am prexDared to cure your ills : 
Whatever they are, I treat them all 
Without a dose of alcohol. 

President. 

Bravo ! Doctor — we welcome you, 
Although you'll not find much to do. 

The next to come 1 know full well ; 
The way of life he loves to tell. 
Mr. Lovesoul, you'll please make known 
The course of action you've laid down. 

Minister (carrying Bible and hymn-book). 

My mission is to preach and pray, 
To point to heaven, and lead the way. 
To soothe the sick, the sad, the sighing, 
And proffer comfort to the dying. 

President. 

Enough, good man ; we all shall need 
A guide like you — a friend, indeed. 



1 8 Concert Teinperance Exercises, 

[^s Ifie steps aside, Mr. Liquor-seller hurries in and at- 
tempts to pass by the President, to join the group of 
accepted applicants.] 

President. 

Pray who are you, with pot and glass ? 
You must be tested, ere you pass. 

Liquor-seller (carrying demijohn and beer-bottles), 

I deal in spirits, wine, and ale^ 

And reap large profits by the sale : 

'Tis true my traffic often leads 

To vile, and even bloody deeds. 

But if the fools will drink and fall, 

'Tis their lookout, not mine at all : 

But don't forget with these dark things 

The labor which my business brings ; 

Our magistrates and brave police 

Would cease to act, should drinking cease. 

No jail officials would be hired. 

Nor would the hangman be required. 

Admit me, and you'll quickly see 

How busy all this class would be. 

President (rising and speaking excitedly). 
Stand off, you troubler — come not near ; 
We'll have no drunkard-maker here. 
Within your liquor's treacherous power, 
No one is safe a single hour 
'Twould be a curse, disgrace, and trouble, 
And make our taxes more than double. 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 19 

Give up your mischief-making trade, 
Wliich dupe and dealer both degrade. 
Better to dig, or thresh, or drive, 
Than on drink's guilty gains to thrive. 

\CloBe behind the Liquor-sellek comes the PawnbrokeEj 
carrying bundles of old clothing,'] 



President. 
We ask you clearly to explain 
How you intend your bread to gain. 

Pawnbroker. 
My calling, sir, is close allied 
To Rum-seller's, whom you've set aside. 
He, thoughtless man, sells drink to any 
As long as they have got a penny. 
Then these poor souls at early dawn 
Creep forth to me their clothes to pawn. 
My heart is moved when I perceive 
Their wretchedness — it makes me grieve. 
So to relieve their pressing woes, 
I let them pawn their children's clothes. 
If I refuse their case to meet. 
Large numbers would have naught to eat. 
Of course I charge for what I do. 
Which lifts me up, whilst down they go. 

President. 

We've heard enough, your plea is clever ; 
Drink-shops and yours exist together. 



20 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Directly this great drink curse falls, 
Directly fade tlie golden balls. 
As your success depends on gin, 
"We must refuse to let you in. 

(Addressing those accepted.) 

Now, brother townsmen, close the gates, 
A glorious future for us waits ; 
We've naught to hurt us, naught to fear, 
Whilst we exclude gin, wine, and beer. 
We'll now to God our work commend, 
And may His smile on us descend. 



OUR MOTTO, 



A Part-Piece for Four Juvenile Templars — Two Boys 

and Two Girls. 



BY THOMAS R. THOMPSON. 

Prepare on stiff' paper pasteboard of suitable size the words *' Our 
Motto " to hang upon a frame or upoit the wall. On three other pieces the 
ivords " Truths Love^ Purity ^^"^ one word on each^ and recite as follovjs^ 
keeping the lettered side of the card away from the audience; cards to be 
handed at the proper time to person presiding^ loho will hang them up in 
the order given. 

First Boy, with caed '* Que Motto." 

We stand together here to-night. 
Two boys, two girls, and we'll recite 
A verse apiece, and you shall hear 
The motto we all hold so dear. 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 21 

My turn comes first, that's why I start : 
And then will follow close each part. 
The Temple children you may know — 
There ! I was told to make a bow. 

{Be careful not to make a how at this point.) 

But never mind, I did not, so 

I think we'll bt the matter go. 

I'll say my piece, then, all the same 

And shoulder like a man all blame. 

"We Templar bo^^s and girls repeat 

Our triple pledge each week we meet ; 

We love the temperance cause : 
And in the Temple try to learn ; 
That we in time may take our turn 
In Templar work to save mankind, 

And shape the nation's laws. 
I have a card, as you may see : 

(Hold up blank side to audience.) 

It comes before the other three. 

(The three should hei^e hold up theirs, blank side to 
audience.) 

I think we'll hang it right up now : 
I've said my piece, I'll make my bow. 

( Gives card to person presiding, to hang up.) 

Second Boy, with card " Truth." 

Our motto is made up of words. 

They are not very long : 
But O, how much they always mean, 

For good, — how great, how strong. 



22 Co7tcert Temperance Exercises. 

Would you o'er sin and death prevail, 

Accept the first, I pray. 
It never yet was known to fail 

Or lead mankind astray. 
The Templar boys, the Templar girls, 

In Temples far and wide 
Accept the word and all it means 

{Hands card to person presiding,) 

And by the truth abide. 

First Girl, with card "Love." 

Another word, to follow " Truth ": 
Upon this card I bear. 

{Here hold up card, blank side to audience.) 
A central word on which depends 
Your happiness and mine, dear friends ; 

A word we cannot spare. 
An attribute of God divine. 
To purify your life, and mine. 

Whilst here on earth. 
And when in turn we come to die. 
And reign with God above the sky. 

We all shall know its worth. 
So we will hang right up in sight 
This grand incentive of the right, 

{Give card to be hung up.) 

That all here now may see 
Whate'er their color, creed, or size. 
This principle the Templar's prize, 

The second one of three. 



Concert Tempera7tce Exercises. 23 

Second Gikl, with card " Purity. '* 

The lilies neither toil nor spin, 

Their nature God controls ; 
And He will guide and save from sin 

Our precious ransomed souls. 
" The pure in heart " shall see the Lord, 

And reign with Him above. 
And so another kindred word 

"We place with " Truth and Love." 

(Here give card to be hung up. The four repeat in 
concert as follows.) 

Before our eyes we always see 

Our " Motto " clear and bright. 
For Truth and Love and Purity 

We pray, and work, and fight. 
And week by week in Templar bands 

We gather far and near 
In thici, and many other lands — 

Just as you see us here. 
Then give us of your help, dear friends, 

Assist the best you can ; 
The future of our land depends 

On what we do and plan. 



24 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

MURMURS OF COMPLAINT. 

For Five Characters, 

Little Girl, holding hunch of rye. 

" Qh my ! oh my ! " said the pretty rye, 

*^ I feel bad enough to have a good cry. 

I thought I was meant to be used for food, 

And was planted and grown to do some good. 

But now, when Tve done my best, just think I 

I'm converted into a nasty drink. 

If I had known about this last fall 

I really don't think I'd have grown at alL" 

Little Girl, carrying ears of corn. 

A stalk of corn bowed its graceful head, 

And sighed, "I almost wish I were dead I 

For the same disgraceful fate, I fear, 

Awaits my every ripening ear. 

'Tis a burning shame to use us so. 

And force us for such a base purpose to gTow." 

Little Girl, carrying basket of hops. 

A murmur arose on the summer air, 

A murmur of sorrow, and grief, and despair. 

Among the hop-vines, as they trembled with fear. 

For they knew they were doomed to make ale and beer ; 

And they mourned that in all their beauty and pride 

They must be on the brewers' and drunkards' side. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 25 

Little Girl, carrying basket of grapes and apples. 

Then the grape-vines and apple-trees looked around, 
And shook from their topmost leaves to the ground, 
As the farmer talked of the cider and wine 
He should make in the fall from each tree and vine. 

Either a Boy or Girl, stepping in front of the four who 

have recited. 

Let us pray and work for the happy day 
When temperance folks can have their way 
All through our land, from east to west 
(For temperance folks know what is best) ; 
And by the time that we're all grown 
'Twill be the best country that ever was known. 



THE AMENDMENT ALPHABET. 

BY HATTIE D. CASTLE. 

For nine little girls or 'boys. Each to have a cardboard suspended 
round the neck with the letter they represent painted in large letters^ or the 
lettei's may be painted on Japanese fans, 

A STANDS for all ; 

And we ask one and all 
To join the good fight 

Against King Alcohol. 

M stands for men ; 
And we ask them to-night 



26 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

To stand up for temperance, 
And " dare to do right." 

E stands for earnest ; 

May I, and may you, 
Be earnest and honest. 

Sober and true. 

{Turning N.) 

You think these letters spell amen^ 
And that's the place to stop ; but then 
Just wait until we're all in sight, 
Then say *' Amen ! " with all your might. 

D stands for drunkard ; 

We wish there were none ; 
We think there'll be fewer 

Before we are done. 

M stands for merry. 

As many will be 
When from this evil 
Our country is free. 

E stands for enter ; 

We pray never more 
Our loved ones may enter 

The rum -seller's door. 

N stands for never ; 

We'll never give o'er 
Till the strong arm of law 

Shuts the rum-seller's door^ 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 2y 

T stands for triumph ; 

'Tis coming, 'tis nigh ; 
A glorious triumph 

"We'll have by and by. 



AN APPLE PARTY. 

An Anti-Cider Entertainment. 
For Tvoelvie Characters. 

BY E. L. BENEDICT. 

Over the platform stretch a piece of green cloth^ so as to form a canoijy^ 
high enough to he out of the way of the tallest participant. A few yards 
of green cambric or strong mosquito-netting will do. Into this fasieyi 
small leafy branches and twigs from the apple-tree. And to these attach 
some apples by cords fastened to the stans. 

Around the sides of the plalfwm, hang festoons of dried apples, made 
by running a string through the pared quarters. In the centre i^lace a 
table containing all the various dishes mentioned in the exercise, and as 
many more as can be provided. 

The speakers enter at one side of the table, take from it the dish that 
illustrates their respective parts, and hold it while they speak. After which 
the dish may be returned to the table, the sp)eaker passing to the other end 
of the platform, and remaining until all have spoken. 

First Speaker {holding up a large rosy apple.) 

This is an apple, juicy and sweet, 
Fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Second Speaker. 

This is a dish of apple-sauce, 
Made (without an atom of loss) 



28 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

From ripe rosy apples, both tart and sweet, 
Fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Third Speaker. 

Here are some apples baked, you see, 
A most excellent dish for dinner or tea. 
When dressed with cream that's rich and sweet, 
They are fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Fourth Speaker. 

This is a big, round apple-pie, 
For a piece of which I often sigh. 
'Tis made of apples, so juicy and sweet, 
It were fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Fifth Speaker. 

This is a dish of marmalade. 
Which I, with mother's help, have made 
Out of some apples, juicy and sweet. 
Fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Sixth Speaker. 

This is a dumpling, which, as you know. 
Is made of flour mixed up into dough. 
And slices of apples, juicy and sweet. 
Fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Seventh Speaker. 

This is a jelly, see it shake ? 

'Tis a joy to taste, though a task to make. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 29 

For the apple-juice must be made so sweet ! — 
Or else it will never be fit to eat. 

Eighth Speaker. 

This is an apple johnny-cake, 

Which I will teach you how to make : 

You mix cornmeal and water, as thick 

As you can conveniently stir with a stick, 

Then bake with chopped apples, juicy and sweet, 

'Tis fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Ninth Speaker. 

Here is an apple pyramid, 

Within it raisins and almonds are hid. 

In each of these apples so juicy and sweet, 

A king or a queen would be glad to eat. 

Tenth Speaker, 

This is something we call Broion Ben ; 

Yon take ripe apples, as many as ten, 

And pare and quarter and put in a dish. 

With crumbs of bread, and crusts too, if you wish, 

Then stew until all is juicy and sweet, 

Fit for a king or a queen to eat. 

Eleventh Speaker. 

You've learned to make dumplings and marmalade. 
Now rd like to tell you how cider is made. 
First, up in a tree all clean and sweet, 
Fit for a king or a queen to eat, 



30 Concert Temperajtce Exercises. 

Grow the ripe rosy apples, all juicy and sweet. 
But a man comes along, and down to the ground 
Shakes big and little, and rotten and sound. 
Then hustles them up into barrels and bags, 
With sticks and leaves, and hairs and rags, 
And various things, which help to fill 
The old wagon-box for the cider-mill. 
The apples there are dumped on the floor, 
Where they lie and rot for a week or more ; 
Then into the hopper they're let f aU, 
Eot and dirt and worms and all. 
And round and round are ground into mush. 
And fall to a trough below, all slush. 
From here the miller shovels the mess. 
With a dirty old scoop, to a dirty old press ; 
And there it is squeezed till the juice runs out, 
To a barrel below through a dirty old spout. 
Then when it has stood in the barrel some days, 
Till all the good that's left in it decays. 
The stuff, called cider, is sold, don't you think ! 
To people who're told it is good to drink ! 

Twelfth Speaker. 

It doesn't appear to me very wise 

To take all those apples that ought to make pies, 

And grind them all up into filthy old swill. 

And sell them to folks with small wit and small will. 

If I was a farmer I'd feed them or dry them. 

Or put them in cans, or pickle or fry them. 

Or fix them in some manner, dainty and sweet, 

And sell them to sensible people to eat. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 31 

{All sing, to the tune of '^ Never Say Fail.'') 

O yes, I like apples, all juicy and sweet. 

Not any cider for me, 
I'm sure they were made just on purpose to eat, 

Not any cider for me. 
In pies or in puddings they're fit for a king, 
In cider they're turned to a poisonous thing. 

Apples for me, apples for me. 

But, thank you, no cider for me. 



WHAT WE MEAN TO DO. 

An Exercise for Eleven Characters — An Adult, Five Boys, 

and Five Girls, 

by w. h. swingler. 

Chairman. 

Here's a band of' youthful pilgrims just starting out in 

Ufe, 
They don't expect to get through it without their share 

of strife ; 
They've all made up their minds to do their very best, 
And if they each succeed I know they will be blest. 
So now in turn they'll each narrate what they intend to 

do. ( Turning to first girl :) 
And now, my little maid, we will first hear from you. 



32 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

First Girl. 

I'm such a little wee thing, it's scarcely fair to ask, 

But since you have desired me, sir, I'll not deny the 
task ; 

I'd go through all back streets and courts of this big- 
busy town, 

And search out all the hungry poor, the careworn, and 
cast-down, 

I'd feed and warmly clothe them all ; console and com- 
fort too. 

And if I'm only rich enough, that's what I mean to do. 

First Boy. 

I'd go through our big thoroughfares on some wet dis- 
mal night, 
And gather all those wretched waifs who sorely grieve 

my sight ; 
I mean those ragged, starving ones, compelled to stay 

out late 
To beg, or steal, or matches sell, — I pity much their 

fate- 
That brutal parents may get drink, and beat them black 

and blue, 
I'd put them ah to decent trades, that's what I mean to 
do. 

Second Girl. 

I'd go through all the hospitals, and wretched hovels 

too. 
Where sickness is, or anywhere where duty called I'd 

go; 



Co7icert Te7nperance Exercises. 33 

I'd whisper words of comfort, and soothe those racked 

with pain, 
I'd minister to every need, and try with might and main 
To calm the fever-heated brain, and ease the aching 

brow ; 
As soon as I am old enough, that's what I mean to do. 

Second Boy. 

I'd go to those in bondage held — the wretched slaves of 

drink, 
And win them back to sober lives, whatever they might 

think ; 
I'd try to get the liquor-sellers to open coffee-halls. 
And banish every trace of drink that has disgraced their 

walls ; 
I'd spend my life in helping aU that strong drink has 

brought low 
With shattered health and ruined homes — that's what I 

mean to do. 

Third Girl. 

I'd go to those whose early life has all neglected been. 
Whose squalid homes so plainly tell — the women-folk I 

mean, — 
The want of method, tact, and skill, in cooking or in 

dress; 
I'd teach them how to make and mend, and make their 

muddle less, 
To manage well, make both ends meet, and meet their 

husbands too 
With smiling face, instead of frowns, — that's what I 

mean to do. 



34 Concert Temperajtce Exercises, 

Third Boy. 

I'd likewise to the sterner sex this safe advice apply : 
If man and wife would happy be, it is for both to try, 
For happy homes can only come where men will take 

their share 
Of joint responsibilities and ease their wives of care ; 
Remembering what is good for man is good for woman 

too ; 
To comfort give and care divide, is what I mean to do. 

Fourth Boy. 

I'd pull down all the fever-dens and in their place you'd 
see 

I'd make wide healthy streets, build schools, and make 
them free ; 

Would educate and not condemn, find honest men em- 
ploy. 

I'd make the lazy earn their bread — at least I could but 

try— 
I'd purity in food enforce, have cleanly dwellings too. 
To make this big world better, that's what I hope to do. 

Fourth Girl. 

And I would of the aged think — I may be old some day, 
I'd try to cheer their closing years and lighten up the 

way. 
Once they were young as I am now, their steps were 

blithe and gay. 
Their faces full as round as mine, they were not always 

gray ; 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 35 

IVe seen some thoughtless boys and girls delight to 

cause them woe, 
But I'll protect and shield the old, that's what I mean 

to do. 

Fifth Boy. 

I'd try the poor dumb brutes to save, that suffer so 

much wrong. 
And punish those who punish them, the weak ones or 

the strong. 
Their cruel tormentors I would teach, that if they can't 

complain 
It is because no speech have they to indicate their pain ; 
Well feeding them I'd make them strong, and coax to 

make them go. 
And every time I get the chance, that's what I mean to 

do. 

Fifth Girl. 

rd try to make men Christians first, for then they would 

be good. 
The vicious would be virtuous, the hungry would have 

food ; 
Dumb things would then be treated well, and poverty 

would cease, 
Each for another's good would seek, and strife give 

place to peace ; 
There'd be no drunken people then, and men would 

honest be ; 
The sick would also comfoii: find, no lazy should we 

see ; 



36 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Neglected homes there would be none, and women make 

good wives ; 
Husbands their wives esteem and help, and love attend 

their lives ; 
The old folks would be well cared for, so would the 

young ones too ; 
To spend my life for Jesus' sake, is what I mean to do. 

Chaieman. 

Good resolutions all can make, but if you would succeed, 
'Tis God alone can give success — the very help we need ; 
Then you should all determine true wisdom to pursue, 
And if you strive to do His will, He'll help you so to do. 

All sing, " There's Work to be Done," on page 17 0/ 
''Rallying Songs for Young Teetotalers" 



A TEMPERANCE CLOCK. 

For Twelve Little Children, 

BY MRS. W. F. CRAFTS. 

All together in concert. 

" We are but minutes, little things. 
Each one furnished with sixty wings, 
On which we fly on our unseen track. 
And not a minute will e'er come back. 
Tick! tick! tick! tick! 
Are wings on which we fly. 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 37 

" We are but minutes, use us well, 
How we are used we must one day tell. 
Who uses minutes has hours to use, 
Who loses minutes must hours lose. 

Tick! tick! tick! tick! 

Are wings on which we fly." 

The above would be more effective if it is used as a chorus, 
the music of which is found in ''Infant Songs." At 
the words ''tick, tick," etc., imitate the movement of 
pendulum with the forefinger of right hand. Strike 
the hours in chords on a piano before each verse. 

FiKST Child. 

What says the clock when it strikes one ? 
Abstain, says the clock ; beware of rum ! 

Second Child. 

What says the clock when it strikes two? 
Look not, look not, it says to you. 

Third Child. 

What says the clock when it strikes three ? 
Who hath sorrow ? it asks of thee. 

Fourth Child. 

What do you hear as it strikes four ? 
Wine is a mocker ; avoid its door. 



38 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Fifth Child. 

What says the clock with its fivefold ring ? 
Beware of alcohol's serpent sting. 

Sixth Child. 

What says the clock as it strikes six ? 
The mind of the drinker is in a sad fix. 

Seventh Child. 

As it strikes seven what does it say ? 
The poison of asps is found that way. 

Eighth Child. 

What says the clock as it strikes eight? 
That will be the drunkard's fate. 

Ninth Child. 

What says the clock in striking nine ? 
That drinking will wealth undermine. 

Tenth Child. 

What does it say as we listen to ten ? 
That sorrow will make it bitter to men. 

Eleventh Child. 

What do you hear at the stroke of eleven ? 
Look not on rum if you'd look on heaven. 



Concert Teinperajtce Exercises. 39 

Twelfth Child. 

Twelve, when twelve is tolled ? 

Sell not thy neighbor's soul for gold. 



GO FORWARD. 



BY E. MUEEAY. 



Before this Exercise is rendered^ when the leader of the meeting announces 
it^ he must also give the Bible text : 

** Speak unto the children of Israel that they go forward." All 
that the Lord hath spoken we will do. 

FlEST GlEL. 

We will obev. 
Forward we go, although our feet must tread 
The Red Sea sands, yea, through the waters led, 

li\Tiile round our way 
Thunder the angry waves and toss in wrath 
Their foam upon our long and dangerous path ; 
Yet, since the Lord has said it, we will go. 
Let all the ocean billows overflow. 

Second Giel. 

We will obey. 
Forward we go in Wisdom. Height on height 
Our feet attain, in pressing to the light. 

And day by day 



40 Conce7't Temperance Exercises. 

Deeps open round us, new mysterious things 
As strange^ as vast as rainbowed angel wings. 
The wonders which the sun and moon may teach, 
The learning hidden in the ancient speech. 

Third Girl. 

We will obey. 
Forward we go in Goodness. Every year 
Each step brings heaven's Paradise more near, 

And every day 
We trample underneath our feet sin's mire, 
And grow more perfect, rising high and higher. 
Until our clean feet midst the lilies tread. 
And clean hearts meet God's glory overhead. 

Fourth Girl. 

We will obey. 
Forward we go in Temperance. Not alone ; 
Our little band to many thousands grown. 

Without delay 
We fight the ranks of evil, keep the vow 
With pledge unbroken and with fearless brow. 
Our young lips taste no foul Egyptian wine, 
Oiu' happy eyes with life eternal shine. 

Fifth Girl. 

We will obey. 
When sinks upon the sand our latest sun, 
When all the travel and the waiting done, 

From far away 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 41 

Calls our Lord's voice, " Come to fair Canaan's land," 
We will not fear or linger on the strand, 
But fearlessly cross the Jordan's tide ; 
We will go forward to the other side. 

— Good Times. 



QUESTIONS ANSWERED FROM GOD^S 

WORD. 

A Responsive Exercise. 

BY S. J. CONDICT. 

This will he found very effective as Exercise for Primary Glasses, The 
answers to he given in concert hy entire class. 

First Child. 

Little children, early seeking 

What to do and v/here to go, 
Is there light to guide their footsteps, 

And a pathway plain to show ? 

Answer. — By Class or School. — " Thy Word is a lamp 
unto my feet, and a light unto my path." 

Second Child. 

Little children know so little 
Whom to follow^ whom to trust ; 



42 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Who should lead them, ever faithful, 
Strong and wiUing, wise and just ? 

Ans. — " Be ye ... . followers of God, as dear chil- 
dren." 

Third Child. 

Little children are so careless, 
Like the lambs so full of glee ; 

Will they listen to the Shepherd 
Gently caUing, " FoUow Me " ? 

Ans. — " My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, 
and they follow Me." 

Fourth Child. 

Little children meet with danger, 

Tempted oft to go astray ; 
Tell them how to walk with safety 

In the strait and narrow way. 

Ans. — " Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temp- 
tation." 

Fifth Child. 

Little children should feel deeply 
God the Father's love so free ; 

Where appears that love most plainly 
So that every child can see ? 

Ans.—" Hereby perceive we the love of God, because 
He laid down His life for us." 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 43 

Sixth Child. 

Little children, oft forgetful, 

Are unloving and unkind ; 
Wliat can sweeten hearts so selfish 

With a love that is divine ? 

Ans. — " If God so loved us, we ought also to love one 
another." 

Seventh Child. Jp^ 

Little children will keep doing 

Things they know are wi'ong each day, 

Sinning often, though so sorry ; 
"Who wdll take their sin away ? 

Ans. — *' Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away 
the sin of the world." 

Eighth Child. 

Little children must remember 
Light and love to each are given. 

Looking upward, pressing onward, 
Which is their safe way to heaven ? 

Ans. — " Looking unto Jesus, the author and finifjher 
of our faith." 



44 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

THE BEST CLASS, 

BY EDWARD CARSWELL. 

Five girls and four boys are required for this Exercise. TJte larger 
girl acts as Teacher. The others, ivho act as her scholars, should each 
carry a Japanese fan, with the letters which they represent painted on 
boldly in black. The letters should be hidden from the audience until the 
proper titne, when all the fans are raised together. 

The Teacher should stand at the left of the stage. The first girl, \oith 
letter P, should take her position at extreme right, recite her part, and stand 
there till the entire cIclss have recited, and are in Ivie with her, facing the 
audience. 

Teacher. — Allow me to introduce my best class. 

First Girl (coming forward with letter TJ, — I am 
Pleasure, and snould always be happy and make others 
so, for I am the sunshine of the school. But a boy 
called Sin sometimes wants to play with me, and when 
we do we always get into mischief ; so, after this, I am 
only going to play with Beauty and Innocence. Sin 
don't belong to our school anyway. 

First Boy (coming forward with letter 'R,). — lam Reso- 
lution. The boys would never succeed were it not for 
my help, and all the thanks I get is, that whenever I ap- 
pear at a board meeting or convention (you wiU see by 
the papers) I am amended, laid on the table, or passed. 
The funny part of it is, that I never go ahead or amount 
to anything until I am passed. 

Second Girl (with letter O). — I am Order, and all the 
boys and girls who play with me are always neat and 
clean. They are never late at school, because they know 
just where to find their books. They have time for 
play, because they do their work at the proper time, 
and do not have to hunt for their playthings. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 45 

Second Boy (with leMer H). — I am Hope, and I keep 
up the spirits of the scholars. But there is a cowardly, 
sneaking boy called Despair, who has nearly spoiled 
several schools, and every day he tries to get into ours, and 
it takes half my time pushing him out. He has some- 
thing the matter with his stomach — dyspepsy, I think. 

Third Girl (loith letter 1), — I am Innocence, and all 
the girls and boys who play with me are spotless, pure, 
and happy. 

Fourth Girl (with letter B^. — I am Beauty, and al- 
though some freckle-faced boys and girls sneer and 
pretend not to like me, and say that I put on airs, yet 
it is not so. I may not be as useful as some others, 
but I make the school look like a flower-garden, and if 
I should leave it, why, it would look like a potato-patch 
in ten minutes. 

Third Boy (with letter 1). — I am Industry, and the 
engine that runs the school. Once when I had the 
measles, and had to stay at home a week, I was afraid 
that when I returned I should have to put on lots of 
steam, and perhaps burst the boiler in trying to catch 
up, but when I returned I found them just where they 
were when I was took. 

Fourth Boy (with letter Tj. — I am Temperance, and 
if I should leave the school Industry, Order, Innocence, 
Hope, and Beauty would go too, and there would be 
no one left to look after Pleasure; and as she is rather 
fickle, she would play with Sin, and become so wild 
that she would have to leave ; and then that sad-faced 
girl in black, called Sorrow, would take her place, and 
the school would be ruined. 



46 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Teacher (to audience). 

Of this my class I'm very proud, 
Though wrong perhaps to say aloud, 
Because it's bright, I also trust, 
Not only bright, but also just. 

(Addressing class). 

Should sin and sorrow come to school, 
Could we not, some way, make a rule 
By which they both could come and stay, 
If they were liberal as to pay ? 
Or, would you think it best that we 

Class in unison (in loud tones). — Prohibit ! ! 

They all raise fans together, so that the word Prohibit is 
seen by the audience. 

Teacher (addressing class). 

Some think that too severe a test. 
And that High License is the best 
And only way ; to sin abate. 
Is not to stop, but regulate. 
The better way it seems to me — 

Class in unison (in loud tones). — Prohibit ! ! 

They all raise fans together. 

Teacher (addressing class). 

Then, if 'tis right by law and rule. 
To keep what's vicious out of school. 
Should not good people make a stand 
Against what's evil in the land ? 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 47 

And do you think it right or wise 
With sin to ever compromise ? 
Should not our answer ever be 

Class in unison (in loud tones). — Prohibit ! ! 

All raise fans together. 

Teacher and Class (recite in unison). 

These are our principles, this is our song, 
Encourage the good, and prohibit the wrong. 

Or they may march off in single file, the Teacher leading 
the way, and all singing together the two lines to tune of 
'^ Joyfully, Joyfidly.'' 



THE CONFLICT. 

For Fifteen Characters— Ten Girls and Five Boys. 

BY GEORGE BARTLETT. 

King Alcohol is represented in a regal robe, his crown surmounted 
by significant bottles. 

The Queen of Temperance, arrayed in white^ is brilliantly crowned. 
Each of the leaders summons each character to appear by a wave of the 
wand 

Enter King Alcohol and Temperance. 
Temperance. 

We here have met, O deadly foe ! 
Our power and might to freely show ; 
Call up with all your might and main 
Each trembling victim of your train, 



48 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

And I its opposite will bring 
To settle which of us is king. 

Poverty appears at the left. A hoy dressed in shabby, 

ragged clothes. 

King Alcohol. 

Approach, dread Poverty. Behold 
This squalid mortal, poor and old ! 
I brought him to this dreadful pass 
With my enticing, tempting glass. 

A girl enters at the right, in a rich dress. 

Temperance. 

See smiling Wealth, the happy daughter 
Of calm Content ; cool, crystal water 
Has made her healthy, strong, and brave 
To earn, accumulate, and save. 

A boy in a black cloak crouches in at the left. 

King Alcohol. 

Look on the face of grim Despair, 
Which like a tiger crouches there. 
I dragged him from all earthly joy. 
And made him eager to destroy. 

Gir^l dressed in white, bearing lilies, enters at the right, and 

waves her lilies. 

Temperance. 
See the calm brow of gentle Peace, 
Who bids all angry passions cease. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 49 

And wliisi)ers to the strongest will 
In gentle accents : " Peace, be still " 

A scold enters at the left. A girl looking very cross. 

King Alcohol. 

A lady fair you now behold, 
Transformed into an angry scold, 
Who turns her home into a den 
More fit for animals than men. 

Lady in gray dress, with basket, enters at the right 
Temperance. 

Sweet Charity I call to mind. 
Tender and loving, true and kind, 
Who for the needy and the poor 
Brings quick relief and comfort sure. 

Boy, holding wine-glas^, enters at the left. 
King Alcohol. 

The moderate drinker next appears, 
Who little knows and little fears 
The doom that many overtakes 
Unless they turn from fashion's gates. 

(A chorus of voices sing '' If I would not he a Di unkard/' 

on page 32 of " Ripples of Song "J, 

Boy with glass of water enters at the right. 
Temperance. 

This happy youth has learned to shun 
Temptations of the evil one ; 



5o Concert Temperance Exercises. 

He looks not on the ruby wine 
When fascinations in it shine. 

(A chorus of voices sing " Hurrah for Sparkling Water" 
on page 38 of " Hippies of Song "). 

Folly, a pretty girl, with bright dress, adorned with little 
bells and flowers, enters at the left. 

King Alcohol. 

Behold the smiling face of Folly, 
Who makes all men and women joUy, 
And by her fascinating sway 
Soon steals their senses all away 

Wisdom, in white dress, holds book in left hand and points 
', up with right. She enters at the right 

Tempekance. 

Wisdom will live when Folly dies ; 
She points the way to brighter skies, 
And all who follow in her lead 
Will find that they are blessed indeed. 

Tall figure in black, with veiled face and clenched hands, 

enters at the left. 

King Alcohol. 

summon next black Unbelief, 
^f every solemn thought the thief, 
^ho owns no power but sin and shame, 

nd mocks at every holy name. 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 51 

Girl in white, bearing tall cross. 
Temperance. 

Behold pure Faith's majestic mien, 
The evidence of things unseen, 
Whose power is mighty to control, 
And from all evil save the soul. 

King Alcohol and his victims kneel 

King Alcohol. 
I own thy power ; oh ! teach me how 
To follow thee and take thy vow. 
To lead my dreadful victims in 
To thy pure ranks, secure from sin. 

Enter a girl in white with a scroll. 
Temperance. 

This is the way — the pledge will save 
Your friends from a dishonored grave. 
Enroll with her each tarnished name ; 
She'll raise it to success and fame. 

(She offers it to each kneeling figure, who signs and rises ; 
the rags of poverty and other marks of th^ drinking habit 
are thrown off, and all stand in a semicircle mingling 
with the figures on right. Temperance and King Al- 
cohol at the upper end meet together, with girl holding 
Pledge between them). 

All recite together. 

Saved by the pledge, we all agree 
To live in peace and harmony ; 



52 Concert Te7nperance Exercises^ 

To keep the right, the wrong defy, 
And from all tempting sin to fly. 

(To moke it more effective, the characters should unite in 
singing " Vve Signed the Pledge,'' on page 13 of ''Rip- 
ples of Song '' ). 

(After the final pledge, all retire in regular and graceful 
order. The King, Queen, and girl with scrcll step for- 
ward till all leave, when theyfoVow. As the characters 
retire, the chorus of voices sing " We are Marching On," 
page 80 of " Hippies of Song "J, 



SIGN THE PLEDGE. 

An Exercise for Thirteen Boys and Girls and Two Adults, 

BY EDWARD CARSWELL. 

ITie hoys and girls should all he the same height, if possible^ and each 
should have suspended around the neck a card ahout eight or nine inches 
square. On each card should he printed in large black type the letter he 
or she represents. The first child^ with letter S, comes forward and re- 
cites,, then takes his place to the right of the platform,^ facing the audience. 
The next child will take his place beside him, and so on until a line is 
formed across the platform. Be sure to have a space between each word. 
The first four cJdldreri should have printed on the reverse side of their 
cards the letters which shall form the word ^'Keep," by turning them 
over at the close. 

Enter adult Speaker or a large Boy. 

Ladies and Gentlemen : My last lecture was on the 
" Cause of Drunkenness/' My subject to-night will be 
" The Eemedy." I have gathered a few notes in the 
shape of letters, and shall simply exhibit them, and they 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 53 

will explain what I wish to fasten upon your minds bet- 
ter, perhaps, than I could by making a speech. 

My first note is the letter S. 
I've lost this note, I fear. 

First Boy with letter " S " comes forward and says: 

Why, master, where can be your eyes ? 
I am not lost. Fm here ! 

(The hoy then takes his place on the right of platform). 

Speaker. 

Ah ! thank you. Now, my next point is, 

Or should be, by the bye — 
Now, let me see, what could it be ? 

Second Child with letter "I." 
I think it should be I. 

Speaker. 

Why, just so ; where's my memory ? 

It's going ; " woe is me ! " 
I want— it's very clear I want — 

Third Child, " G." 
What I am bringing, G. 

Speaker. 

Now, one point, and firstly's done, 
And my design is then — 

Fourth Child. 
You cannot form design, I'm sure, 
Without the letter N. 



54 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Speaker. 

Now, secondly, I'll show to you, 

As it appears to me. 
That what you need is — what you need- 

FiFTH Child, " T." 
I kaow they want their T. 

Speaker. 
Yes, that is so ; but where is H ? 
Sixth Child, "H/' 
I'm here, sir, right on hand ; 

Seventh Child, E. 

But the will not be Die at all 
Unless I take the stand. 

Speaker. 
Now, third and lastly, all we want — 
Eighth Child, P. 
Is me, sir ! Call the next. 
Ninth Child, L. 
You need not call, sir, here I am 
To help you form your text. 

Speaker. 
Now, where is E ? 

Tenth Child, "E." 
I'm here, sir, in the line* 



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Eleventh Child, '' D." 

And I am D, so don't you see 
The next place must be mine ? 

Twelfth Child, '' G." 

And I am G, and that one E — 

(Pointing to hoy behind). 

Thtrteenth Child, "E." 
Which I need not repeat. 

Speaker. 

So here's my text, and all my speech, 
And my advice complete. 

(The speaker hoios and takes his seat, leaving the children 

all standing). 

Enter young lady, ivho says : 

My friend -who just now left the stage 

Gave good advice, I'm sure ; 
And I would add, not only do, 

But in the right endure. 
Not only sow the goodly seed, 

But watch the field and reap it. 
Not only sign the temperance pledge. 

But always, always keep it. 

(Here the first four children turn their cards over, as the 
speaker utters the last words). 



56 Concert Tejnperance Exercises, 

DARE TO DO RIGHT. 

BY A. M. S. 

Let thirteen very little folks each have a small banner y with their letter, 
concealed behind them^ and raise it as they name their letter. If they all 
hold them, at the same height^ it will be readily seen that the letters form 
the moitOy ''^ Dare to do right." 

1st — The motto that we wish to show 
Begins with D, as you must know. 

2c?— Now I will show with greatest ease 
A, first of all the A B C's. 

Sd—Mj letter R I'll bring this way 
And hold it up next after A. 

4dh — And now Fll try and do my share 

To show you our first word is " DareJ' 

5th — Our second word begins with T ; 
I'll hold it up where all can see. 

6th — I'll show my letter O to you, 

And help my neighbor here spell ^^ To" 

7th — And now, my friends, next after Q 
The second letter D will show. 

8th — ^Another O we need to spell 

This little word we know so well. 

dth — This letter, R, that comes in next. 
Begins the last word of our text. 



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lO^A — Althougli I'm small I'll reach up high 
To let you see my letter I. 

Wih — I see at last they've come to me, 
So I will show my letter G. 

VMh — And now it is my turn to show 
My letter H, as all may know. 

\Wi — ^I'U hold my T up to your sight, 

Which finishes our last word — ''Bight" 

All — This is our motto, " Dare to do right ! " 

Dare to press on till each good deed's done; 
Dare to be noble, kind, and true; 
Dare all the evil and wrong to shun. 

All unite in singing " Dare to do Bight, Dare to be True" 
etc., or a chorus may strike in promptly. The song is 
found in '' Ballying Songs for Young Teetotalers." 



SUASION AND PERSUASION. 

For Four Boys and Four Girls. 
by george w. bungay. 

First Boy. 

Moral suasion, for the man who drinks 
Intoxicating stimulants. 

First Girl. 
Mental suasion, for the man who thinks 
Virtue should honor arguments. 



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Second Boy. 

Legal suasion, for the man who deals 
In rum ; of crime and woe the cause. 

Second Gibl. 

Prison suasion, with its locks and seals, 
For aD who violate the laws. 

Thikd Boy. 

Moral suasion wooes the heart and wins, 
When not encrusted thick with blight. 

Thikd Girl. 

Mental suasion shows our dangerous sins 
Where conscience kindles heavenly light. 

Fourth Boy. 

Legal suasion has an iron grasp 
Not softened by a velvet glove. 

Fourth Girl. 

Prison suasion fastens like a clasp 
On those who hate the law of love 

All Together. 

In short, we believe in : 
Mental suasion, for the man who thinks ; 
Moral suasion, for the man who drinks ; 
Legal suasion, for the drunkard-maker ; 
Prison suasion, for the statute-breaker. 



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LITTLE THINGS. 

For One Large Girl, Two Smaller Girls, and a Boy. 
by edward carswell. 

First Small Girl. 

What made the fields all green, mamma, 

When but a week ago 
They all were brown, with here and there 

A patch of dirty snow ? 

Large Girl. 

The pleasant change you've seen, my dear, 

So lately brought to pass. 
Was just the springing into life 

Of Httle blades of grass. 

Boy. 

I guess that by and by they'll wish 

They all had stayed in bed. 
Because the sun will burn 'em up. 

And then they'll all be dead. 

Large Girl. 

No, Tommy ; if the sun should scorch, 

They'll soon be green again, 
Made fresh and beautiful as now 

By little drops of rain. 

Second Small Girl. 

What made the hills all white, mamma, 
In cold and wintry weather ? 



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Large Girl. 

Just little flakes of snow, my dear, 
All huddled up together. 

Second Smajll Girl. 

Now who would think such little things 

Could whiten hill and plain, 
And little, tiny blades of grass 

Could make them green again ? 

First Small Girl. 

But stranger still that drops of rain, 

So very, very small, 
Should have the power of giving strength 

And health and life to all. 

Large Girl. 
And to explain these things, my love, 

Is quite beyond my reach ; 
But all of us may profit by 

The lessons that they teach. 
*Tis little things that form the great. 

As rain-drops make the showers. 
So days form years and hours make days, 

But moments form the hours. 
So little thoughts and words and deeds 

Are seeds that always grow ; 
If good, the fruit is happiness ; 

If bad, distress and woe. 

Follow this vjith the 8ong " We are Little, hut are Many,'' 
page 50 " Ballying Songs for Young Teetotalers.'' Song 
to he given hy a chorus, or entire school. 



Concert Temperaitce Exercises, 6i 

> 

WHILE THE SUN SHINES. 

A Motion Exercise for Six Boys ; all joining in the 

Motions, 

First Boy. 

With laugh and with shout come hasten out, 

There's work for us all to-day ; 
"With fork and with rake our way we'll take 

Out, oat to the scented hay ; 
The sunshine is beaming, so joyously gleaming, 

Come, come to the fields away ! 

Second Boy. 

We'll work with a will in earnest still. 

And none shall be idle here ; 
So fresh is the air, and the fields are fair. 

The skies are so bright and clear : 
In sunshiny weather come gather together, 

There's work for us all, never fear ! 

Third Boy. 

Good use we will make of the fork and rake. 

In turning the grass to-day : 
We'll toss it on high with a merry cry. 

Out here in the sunshine gay ! 
Come, toss it so lightly, all joining so brightly 

In making the sweet, sweet hay. 



62 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Fourth Boy. 

Hay-makers are we, as you plainly see, 

And if you should pass us by, 
We'll bury you deep in a fragrant heap, 

Till under the grass you lie ; 
While sunlight is glowing, to work we'll be going, 

All under the cloudless sky ! 

Fifth Boy. 

But though we work on till the day be done. 

Still tossing the new-mown grass. 
We never will stay on our joyous way. 

To drink of the poison-glass ; 
For faithful forever, we'll taste of it never. 

As onward through life we pass. 

Sixth Boy. 

Ah, yes, and I see that a truth may be 

Brought out as we make the hay ; 
Let work be done 'neath the glowing sun. 

Ere f adeth the light away : 
In boyhood's glad weather, stand forth all together, 

And work while 'tis called to-day ! 

All. 

Whatever you do, be ready and true. 

And work with a willing hand ; 
Let each one unite in the morning light. 

And faithful forever stand : 
Li boyhood's glad weather, come forth all together, 

Come, come to our happy band ! 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 63 

THE MONTHS. 

For Six Boys and Six Girls, 

BY LIZZIE M. HADLEY. 



This can he used at any time duHng the year^ but is better adapted for 
Christmas or New- Yearns. 



First Child. — Boy in street attire, winter garments, with 
Neil)- Year's cards in hand; he bows r^eatedly to those 
around him. 

January comes the first of all, 
Ready to make a New- Year's call. 

Second Child. — Girl gaily dressed, bearing fancy valen- 
tine. 

February is next in line, 
Bringing to all a valentine. 

Third Child. — Boy comes hurrying on platform bearing 

large kite, 

March comes next with wind and noise ; 
Here's a kite for all the boys. 

Fourth Child. — Girl dressed in waterproof cloak, and 
with small umbrella over her head. 

April's eyes are brimming over, 
Silvery drops that start the clover. 



64 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Fifth Child. — Girl gaily decorated loith Jioivers, bearing 

a wreath. 

May with blossoms stops the way 
And brings us Decoration day. 

Sixth Child. — Girl carrying targe bunch of roses (these 
can be made of paper). 

Laughing June her face discloses, 
Almost hid among the roses. 

Seventh Child. — Boy hurries in with bunch of fire-crack- 
ers, and carrying a flag, which he waves as he says, 
''Hurrah!'' 

Boom of cannon, bands that play, 

July brings Independence day. Hurrah ! 

Eighth Child. — Boy carrying travelling-bag and umbrella. 

August brings us jolly vacations ; 
Then I'm off to see my relations. 

Ninth Child. — Boy carrying school-books and lunch-box 
and wearing his hat. 

Next, September. Ho ! for school. 
Study now must be the rule. 

Tenth Child. — Girl decorated with autumn leaves and 
carrying basket of nuts. 

Dropping nuts, and shortening days, 
October comes with woods ablaze. 



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Eleventh Child. — Boy carrying pumpHn or turkey. 

What brings cold and bleak November ? 
Oh ! Thanksgiving, I remember. 

Twelfth Child. — Girl decorated with evergreens and hoi y 
berries. She points to Ghristmas-tree. {It would he uell 
if the tree could be hid behind a curtain, not to be seen 
until the twelfth child draws aside the curtain.) 

Last, and best of all, we see 
December brings a Christmas-tree. 

— Adapted from Popular Educator. 



WHEN I AM TWENTY-ONE, 

For Two Boys. 
by lanta wilson smith. 

First Boy. 

When I am twenty-one, my friend, 

ril be a model man. 
But first ril sow a few " wild oats," 

And have what fun I can. 
I'll try the pleasures of the world. 

As other boys have done, 
And settle down to sober ways 

When I am twenty-one. 



66 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Second Boy. 

" Wild oats," they say, are dangerous things 

And yield a crop of woe. 
And lives that have no lofty aims 

True joy can never know. 
Before you're twenty-one, my friend, 

There's much that you can do. 
The world is full of noble work. 

For boys with purpose true. 

First Boy. 

There's time enough for earnest work 

In life's maturer days ; 
Though other boys may work like men 

I don't believe it pays. 
And after all, boys can't do much. 

For manhood's not begun. 
We cannot vote, we have no power, 

Until we're twenty-one. 

Second Boy. 

Boys do have power the sad to cheer, 

The fallen to reclaim. 
And your " wild oats " will waste the strength 

You never can regain. 
'Tis not one day, but years of growth. 

That makes the boy a man. 
In youthful days 'tis best to learn 

To make life all we can. 



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First Boy. 

I see you're right, for life is short, 

And " men are boys grown tall/' 
If youth is thrown away, perhaps 

We'll never work at all. 
I wish to lead a useful life 

In all the years to come. 
I think I'll do what good I can 

Before I'm twenty-one. 

{Both face the audience and recite together,) 

Don't wait for twenty-one, my boys, 

Help drive the curse away, 
The future holds no better time, 
For thoughts and words and deeds sublime, 

Than you may grasp to-day. 



"DON'T LEAVE OUT THE GIRLS." 

For Two Girls. 
by margabet hayckapt. 

First Girl. 

Oh ! why should little maids unite 
To join the temperance crew ? 

How can a little damsel fight 
Hard drinking to subdue ? 



68 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Second Girl. 

We want to share the temperance joys — 

We want a sober heart. 
Don't leave all good things to the boys ! 

The girh should have a part. 

We want our bodies healthy still ; 

We want a cloudless brain ; 
We want no weakness of the will, 

And therefore we abstain. 

We want to draw away the crowd 
That moves on ruin's edge, 

And needs our warning long and loud, 
And so we sign the pledge. 

First Girl. 

Ah ! yes, but who will list to us 

Or notice me or you ? 
Tis sweet with songs to gather thus, 

But stiU what can we do ? 

Second Girl. 

Why, Kosie, I have read somewhere 
That woman's power is great ; 

That woman always has a share 
Amid the public fate. 

The hand of woman can uphft — 
God helping her — the sad, 

And bring to darkest clouds a rift, 
And make the fallen glad. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 69 

The voice of woman tenderly 

Can lead to love on high, 
And women you and I will be 

As years go fleeting by. 

FiBST GiBL. 

But, Alice, I don't want to stay 

Till I'm a woman tall ; 
Can you and I do naught to-day 

To stop the drunkard's fall ? 

Second Gibl. 

Why, yes ! a little maiden's word, 

By loving looks enforced. 
Has often better feelings stirred 

In those the world thought lost. 

A tract from out a little hand, 

For love of Jesus given. 
Has guided to the better land 

And brought a soul to heaven. 

So let us do the work that's near, 

And try and trust and pray, 
And God will bless us, never fear, 

And use us day by day. 



70 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

FOR GOD AND HOME AND NATIVE 

LAND. 

An Exercise for Loyal Legions. 

BY MINNIE MOSHER JACKSON. 

Enter two small girls and 07ie hoy^ or three girls^ each hearing a small 
banner^ one side plain^ on the oher side of the first ''^ For Gody^^ of the 
second *•'' and Home^^ of the third ''''and Native Landy The banners 
should be ca'^ried with 'plain side toward the audience until the speaker 
flnis7i€s her verse. 

First Child. 

Why does the flower that nobody sees 
Bloom just as fair as our garden pets do, 

'Way down in the swamp-lands, where only the breeze 
'Mong the bushes and trees can find the way through ? 

Why does the wild bird that nobody hears 

Trill his sweet carol as gladly and gay 
As the little pet songster some tender hand rears 

In a golden-barred cage, for our pleasure all day ? 

I will tell you the secret : they do it for God ; 

They are blooming and singing to glorify Him. 
The birds of the air, the flowers of the sod, 

Never let the light given them ever grow djm. 
And so the brave toilers, W. C. T. TJ., 
Are doing so grandly whatever they do 

For God. 

{At these words turn the banner with " For God " painted 
on it toward the audience.^ 



Concert Teinperance Exercises, 71 

Second Child. 

What name, next to God, thrills the soul like a hymn, 
Maketh hearts to grow tender and eyes to grow dim ? 
What name brings the dream of a dear mother's face ? 
Of father's and sister's and brother's ? What place, 
What place can earth give us where we may roam, 
That is dear to the heart as " Home, sweet Home " ? 
And the brave AVoman's Union, so noble and true, 
Are fighting King Whiskey this broad country through. 
And they tread in the path that heroes have trod, 
With heart, soul, and strength they are battling for God 

And Home. 

{Turn lettered side of banner, ''and Some," toward audi- 
ence.) 

Third Child. 

What name stirs the patriot's heart into flame, 

Nerves his heart for the battle, his soul for the strife ? 

What theme doth the poet's best offering claim, 
That is precious as honor and dearer than life ? 

'Tis the name of our country ; her brow it is wears 

The laurel of glory, the bay-wreath of song. 
And each heart in this Union that magic name bears 
Entwined with a purpose to free her from wrong. 
Yes, they strive where He pointeth their footsteps to 

roam. 
For the glory of God, the protection of home 

And Native Land. 

{Turn the lettered side of banner toward the audience.) 



72 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

This will be rendered more effective by having the melody 
of some hymn played softly during the firsts " Nearer, my 
God] to Thee,'' and as the verse closes a chorus sing two 
or three lines of the hymn ; during the second part 
^^ Same, Sweet Home'' rendered in the same manner, 
and during the third " My Country, 'tis of Thee." This 
mil prove specially useful at any public meeting ofaW, 
G. T. U., and is sufficiently patriotic for use on Wash- 
ington's Birthday. 



TREES AND CHOPPERS. 

A Patriotic, Prohibition Exercise. 
For Washington's Birthday. 
by mrs. nellie h. bradley. 

Patriotic Chopper. Prohibition Chopper. 

Cherry-tree Choppers. 

Patriotic Chopper. — A young girl carrying hatchet decorated with 
red, white, and blue ribbons. 

Prohibition Chopper. — A youth with huge battle-axe, which may be 
made of wood and covered with silver paper. 

Cherry-tree Choppers— i^owr small boys with hatchets. 

A number of young girls for chorus. All must wear Continental and 
Martha Vvashington costumes. They enter single file to the air of '•^Auld 
Lang Syne,^' boys leading, and talcing a position in front. Girl and 
youth to the right and left. Chorus in the rear. 

Cherry-tree Choppers. 
First Boy. 
There was a little boy,— 
His father's pride and Joy,— 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 73 

Who lived and laughed and played in days of yore ; 
He owned a little hatchet, — 
For sharpness none could match it, — 

The best that could be bought in any store. 

(prden to he given by one of the boys.) 
Present ! Hatchets. Carry ! Hatchets, Shoulder! 

Hatchets. 

Second Boy, 

A little tree was growing, — 

Its tender leaves just showing, — 
'Twas by his father cherished with much care ; 

The little boy espied it, — 

The little hatchet tried it, — 
The little tree was ruined, then and there. 

Carry! Hatchets. Present! Hatchets. Chop! 

{Three steady strokes.) 

Third Boy. 

And when his father knew it, 
He vowed some one should rue it. 

And wondered who the mischief could have done. 
" I cannot tell a lie, sir, — 
My little axe and I, sir, — 

We did it ! " said the truthful little son. 

Carry ! Hatchets. Reverse ! Hatchets. 

Fourth Boy 

The truth from wrath did save him, 
His father soon forgave him, — 



74 Concert Tempcra7tce Exercises. 

Although the ruined tree called forth a sigh. 
And so, on History's pages, 
The world will know for ages, — 

George Washington, who would not tell a lie. 

Garry ! Hatchets. Shoulder ! Hatchets. 

Chorus. 
Tune — " Auld Lang Syne.'' 
Now, boys, this lesson you must heed, 

.In days of sunny youth ; 
Kemember George's cherry-tree 

And always tell the truth. 
It pays to tell the truth, my boy, 

It pays to tell the truth ; 
You may be President if you 

Will always tell the truth. 

Patriotic Chopper {advancing to the front). 
When the monarch of England regardless of Eight, 

Sent forth his mandate of oppression ; 
And planted the tree of his tyranny deep. 

On the shores of his new possession ; 

It aroused the brave souls of our forefathers till 
They burned with a fierce indignation ; 

And they boldly and sternly resolved that they would 
Submit to no tyrant's dictation. 

So they chose a commander in whom they could trust, 

A gallant and noble defender ; 
And followed him on to the victory that forced 

Proud England's red-coats to surrender. 



Concert Tempermice Exercises. 75 

How the heroic deeds of these patriots of old 

Are treasured in song and in story ! 
How the name and the fame of that leader so brave 

Gleams out from a halo of glory ! 

And when the glad sunshine of peace had dispersed 

Tha battle-cloud's dark devastation, 
The people again called the hero to rule, 

As Chief of the newly-born nation. 

Patriotic Chopper and Cherry-tree Choppers (in con- 
cert. Emphasize the " chopped " and " stopped " vcith 
the hatchets, holding them up at the last line). 

When England sent across the sea, 
And planted tyranny's old tree, 
Washington chopped it down, you see, 

With Freedom's glorious hatchet. 
He went to work and chopped and chopped, 
With steady hand and never stopped 
Until the ugly tree had dropped 

'Neath that victorious hatchet. 

Chorus—" Hail Columbia,'' 
{Introducing hatchet movements at pleasure.) 

Prohibition Chopper. 

In the midst of our land grows the Rum King's tree, 

Deep-rooted at tyrant's behest ; 
Whose huge branches reach from the shores of the East, 

To the Golden Gate of the West. 



j(> Concert Temperance Exercises, 

From the far Northern hne of our wide domain, 

To the flowery Southland's coast ; 
It sheds like the Upas its awful blight, 

O'er the lives of a countless host. 

The shadow it casts is the gloom of the grave ; 

And 'tis laden with deadly fruit ; 
Crime, suffering, and sin it unceasingly bears. 

From its topmost bough to its root. 

Each leaf holds a curse or a moan or a tear, 

And the blood of innocence slain, 
To nourish the life of this Moloch of death. 

Dyes the soil of hillside and plain. 

When the Lord of the universe comes to judge 

The earth in His power and might, 
And the doings of all are revealed at last, 

In Eternity's searching light ; 

He will know who has striven with steady stroke. 

This Satanic tree to despoil ; 
He will know who is checking its poisonous growth, 

And tearing its roots from our soil. 

And woe unto those who are wearing His name. 

If tlney strive not its life to destroy ; 
That its shadow may vanish and hearts and homes 

Feel the sunlight of hope and joy. 

Let the young and the old make the battle their own, 
And work for the stern demolition 



Concert Temperance Exercises, y/ 

Of this death-dealing tree, and it surely will fall 
'Neath the weapon we call Prohibition. 

{Raises axe at first word of hM line, and gives a vigorous 
blow at last word. In the next verse the hatchets must 
be used as indicated, with energetic, uniform strokes.) 

Cherry-tree Choppers. 
Chop ! children, chop ! The Eum-tree must come down; 

Patriotic Chopper. 
Chop ! patriots, chop ! Though politicians frown ; 

Prohibition Chopper. 
Chop ! Christians, chop ! Your Master gives command ; 

All 

Everybody strike ! " For God, for Home, and Native 
Land!" 

Song. 
lljmE~''Yankee Doodled 

We've had enough of license laws. 

Enough of liquor's taxes ; 
We've turned the grindstone long enough, 

*Tis time to swing our axes. 
This deadly upas-tree must fall — 

Let strokes be strong and steady, 
Pull out the stumps ! grub out the roots ! 

O brothers ! are you ready ? 



78 Cojicert Temperance Exercises. 

GhoTu^. 

Swing your axes ! Hew it down ! 

This foul tree of perdition. 
Fell it with the battle-axe 

Of Total Prohibition ! 



OUR YEAR. 

For Christmas Day. 



An Exercise for Twelve Boys and Girls. Each should speak slowly 
and distinctly^ and put in actions at proper places. Let all come in on 
the stage at one time — carelessly^ talking to one another^ and laughing in 
real hoy and girl fashion. Let the oldat or tallest wie ask the question : 

*' Say, boys and girls, what month of the year do you 
like best?" 

He is answered by one after another, stepping to the right, 
reciting his or her verse, and remaining in line till all 
have spoken. 

Boy. 

The first month of the twelve, boys ! that is the month 

for me, 
When every one is saying, " A glad New- Year to thee "; 
When from the old gray belfry we hear the music peal, 
And every one makes new resolves the while the chim- 

ings steal. 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 79 

Old January comes along with silver frost and snow, 
And sliding, sliding on the ponds, we boys a-laughing 

go— 
What fun we have with snowballs where the paths lie 

white and clear — 
Oh, merrily, so merrily, we start the glad New Tear! 

Boy. 

The second month be mine, boys ! we get a bit more sun, 
And life begins to tremble in the blossoms one by one, 
And Hfe is swelling in the leaves, and soon will burst to 

sight ; 
Oh, wondrous things are done, boys, by God's great gift 

of light! 
There, hiding in the valley, are the snowdrops meek and 

frail ; 
The February sunshine wakes them up along the dale. 
We'll seek them in the woodland through the pleasant, 

changeful hours — 
May Heaven keep us all the year as pure as snowdrop 

flowers ! 

Boy. 

The third month shaU be mine, boys ! old roaring March, 

you know — 
We Temperance lads don't mind the vdnd, we like to 

hear it blow ; 
We draw our jackets round us, and we bravely march 

along ; 
We're members of the Band of Hope, and healthy, hale, 

and strong. 



8o Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Blow, blow, O wind, from out the east ! and take your 

sweeping course ; 
Our cheeks grow all the redder as we battle with your 

force : 
And if the storm rage o'er the sea, off goes the lifeboat 

then — 
God speed our Temperance lifeboat to rescue sinking 

men! 

Girl. 

Give me the month of blossoms and the time of promise 

sweet. 
When April stirs the violets that cluster round our feet. 
Just see the orchards overhead, the boughs so fairy 

white. 
And apple-blossoms blushing in the springtide's golden 

light. 
I hope they won't make cider of the apples that shall 

glow 
Where now between the branches the gentle breezes 

blow : 
Oh, time of sun and time of rain, 'tis springtide with 

t^s, too ; 
May life be ftdl of promise 'neath the heav'nly light and 

dew. 

Girl. 

May is the fairest month of all, for then our voices ring, 
As romping through the woods we search the first sweet 
flowers of spring. 



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With daisy-chain and buttercup and wild violet, 'tis then 

We sing that summer soon will come to reign o'er hill 
and glen ; 

Oh, now the brooks are playing free : adown the moun- 
tain-side 

The merry streams come leaping like a silver, pearly tide. 

All hail, thou sparkling water, ever springing fresh and 
clear ! 

We prize thee still, O mountain-rill, through all the 
circling year. 

GlEL. 

Give me the month of roses — royal roses red and white ! 
The leafy June, when all the land is jubilant and bright ; 
Ah, then the honey-bees go humming, softly humming by. 
And blue, so blue and cloudless, is the smiling summer 

sky; 
Thrush calls to thrush, and linnets sing the forest ways 

along, 
xlnd upward goes the skylark, with a joyous, echoing 

song : 
Thanks be to God for all good gifts that witness of His 

care. 
Oh, may no darksome deeds of men be spoiling days so 

fair ! 

Boy. 

I'll tell you why /like July ! It is the month, you know, 
Our fathers made our nation free, one hundred years 
ago. 



82 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

With fife and drum, and banners gay, we march and 
shout and cheer ; 

July the Fourth's the proudest day for us in all the year. 
'Tis then you hear the cannon boom, and fire-crackers 

crack! 
And that poor boy is poor indeed, who does not get a 

pack. 
It is the Nation's holiday. No work, or school — but 

play. 
A happy day for girls and boys, is Independence day. 

Hurrah ! 
(He waves his hat as he says " Hurrah ! " and the others 
catching his spirit, all join in with hats or handker- 
chiefs J, 

Boy. 

My favorite month is August, for I love the spreading 

sea, 
And now do some of us catch sight of ocean wide and 

free ; 
We'll gather shells upon the shore and on the sands 

we'll roam. 
And take off boots and socks and wade within the curl- 
ing foam ; 
We'll see the fishers haul their nets, we'U watch the 

ships that glide. 
Now up, now down, so gently o'er the golden, smiling 

tide ; 
Sometimes we'll go a-rowing, where the sunny wavelets 

play. 
Oh, glad the music of the sea upon the rocks of gray ! 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 83 

Girl. 

Ah, if you want a month of beauty, Ksten unto me ! 
What month can beat September, when the ripened fruit 

we see ? 
The apples and the pears that hang upon the bending 

bough — 
My mouth begins to water as I think upon them now ; 
And then the grapes, the purple grapes, that cluster on 

the vine ! 
I like those grapes as Nature made them, not when sold 

as loine. 
And, oh, just see ! the golden grain that waves across 

the field ! 
Oh, friends, as time goes on may ue a glorious harvest 

yield ! 

Boy. 

Well, now, but don't you care for nuts? Ah, yes, you 

do, I know ; 
When brown October shakes the boughs we'll all a-nut- 

tinggo. 
A patter, patter on the grass, down, down they come 

like hail. 
Where rabbits leap and little squirrels climb about the 

dale ; 
The air so crisp ! 'Tis just the time for football then, 

you know. 
Such jolly outdoor sport will make our cheeks with 

health aglow. 
I'm very much in earnest ! 'Tis simple truth, and sober. 
For health and play, and jolly fun, I say give me October. 



84 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Boy. 

« 

Perhaps you think there's nothing that a boy has left 
to say 

For the poor old dim November, when the skies are cold 
and gray, 

And one by one the leaves drop down, so yellow and so 
sere, 

To strengthen a-nd build up the soil, to feed the trees 
next year ; 

Yes, but it brings Thanksgiving day, and gladdens chil- 
dren's eyes 

"With sight of turkeys, chickens, cakes, and yellow pump- 
kin-pies. 

The day the wanderers return once more to mother's 
door. 

The one day in the year the rich do not forget the poor. 

Girl. 

Well, now, you've left me last of all, but last is some- 
times he^t ; 

December is the month, friends, when, though we may 
be pressed 

To break our pledge and take a glass, because it's Christ- 
mas weather, 

We'll answer ^' No," for one and all, we'll steadfast stand 
together. 

This is the month, the fairest month, when rang the 
angel-strain. 

And the sweet chorus echoed down to shepherds on the 
plain : 



Concert Te^nperance Exercises, 85 

" Fear not, the Lord of love has come ; let strife and 
sorrow cease, 

Glory to God, good-will to man, and on the earth be 
peace." 

And that is still our temperance prayer ; let strife and 
sorrow cease. 

And may God's glory everywhere forevermore in- 
crease — 

Ml together unite in the following lines: 

" Oh, yes, that is our temperance prayer — let strife and 

sorrow cease, 
Glory to God, good-will to man, and on the earth be — 

peace ! " 

WATER-DROPS AND WINE-DROPS. 

For Fourteen Children and a Chorus, 

ARRANGED BY L. PENNEY. 

The five representing Watek-Deops enter together and take places on 
right of platform. They how to audience^ and say in unison^ *' We fiave 
come to describe the beauties of V/ater.^^ 

The five representing Wine-Db,ots take places at the lefty bow, and say, 
** And we the evils of Wine^ 

The verses shoidd then be given alternately ^ one from one side and 
then one from another, 

Water-Drops. 

First Child. 

» 

Up from the breast of the great blue sea, 
Where cleansing winds blow long and loud, 

I mount on a sunbeam's warm, bright wings 
To a lofty seat in a shadowy cloud. 



86 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Second Child, 

Down from the clouds on a rainy day 

Gladly I drop to the earth below, 
Wetting the trees and the thirsty soil, 

Till down in its rich depths the young roots grow. 

Third Child, 
Out from a seam in a gray old rock, 

Clear as a crystal gem, I burst. 
Eager again to return to my work, 

Washing stains away, quenching thirst. 

Fourth Child. 
Bubbling and sparkling I journey on, 

Carrying comfort to all I pass, 
Bathing the bobolink's gay, glossy coat. 

Sprinkling the meadow-bank, cooling the grass. 

Fifth Child. 
Etching in winter the frosty pane. 

Dressing the flower-stalks in crystal gowns, 
Crusting the skating-ponds firm and smooth, 
Laying up ice for the great hot towns. 

E. L. Benedict. 

Wine-Drops. 

First Child. 
Squeezed and pressed from the bruised grape, 

Bottled and corked, we are hurried away 
To cellars mouldy, dark, and damp. 

And there for many a month we lay. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 87 

Second Child. 

Out once more to the light of day, 

Muddy and strong, we are brought at last, 

Fixed up with various poisonous things. 
And on to the busy world's markets passed. 

Third Child, 

Red and strong, from many a cup, 

Carrying woe to all who drain. 
Into the blood of man we go. 

Clouding the senses, burning the brain. 

Fourth Child. 

Catching the eye of a gay young man, 

We tempt him on with spicy breath, 
Until we poison his strong young veins, 

And sow in his body the seeds of death. 

Fifth Child. 

Breaking hearts in many a home, 

Filling towns with hate and strife, 
Wasting property, houses, and lands, 

Burning up hope, and health, and life. 

' All Together — Both Groups. 

Which is most beautiful, pure, and good. 

Wine-drops or water-drops — which do you think ? 

Which is the best for a thirsty world. 

Wine-drops or water-drops — which will you drink ? 

E, L. Benedict. 



88 Concei't Temperance Exercises. 

A Chorus of voices should here strike in promptly with the 
song "Drops of Crystal Water/' found on page 38 "JSaZ- 
lying Songs for Young Teetotalers." The refrain "Wine, 
ft bringeth Sorroiv" to be sung by the group of Wine- 
Drops only ; and the refrain " Water's Friend is Glee/* 
sung by the group of Watek-Drops. The rest of the re- 
frain being taken up by the chorus. 

WATER FOR ME. 

To be Recited by a Girl. 

Water, bright water, pure water I drink, 

From clear mountain streamlet, or deep well's brink ; 

It cooleth, when parched, my thirsty tongue ; 

It helpeth my happiness to prolong ; 

It maketh rich blood in my veins to flow ; 

It quickeneth my brain to a healthy glow ; 

'Tis the drink of the flowers, the birds and bees, 

The insects that dance on the summer's breeze ; 

The cattle that graze on the hill and plain ; 

The traveller's friend on the mighty main ; 

'Tis the drink that God gave unto man, 

In rivers that through lovely Eden ran ! 

Water, bright water, pure water, to thee 

May I be a life-long, true devotee ! 

I DRINK WATER. 

To be Recited by a Boy. 

" I drink water," chirped a little bird. 
It gives me strength of wing ; 



CoJtcert Temperance Exercises. 89 

And when in the sky I'm mounting high 
Aloud its praises I sing. 

" I drink water," said the busy bee, 
As it went humming by ; 
From the Httle well in the lily-bell 
I get a good supply. 

" I drink water/' said the squirrel gay ; 
I love the brooklet's flow ; 
And when I have drank and washed my face, 
A-hunting nuts I go. 

" I drink water," said the pretty flower ; 
It comes in sparkling dew ; 
And when I'm weak with the summer heat 
My strength it does renew. 

^* I drink water," said the giant oak, 

" Or strong I should not be ; " 
. And echoing notes, on the calm air float, 

From every bush and tree. 

" I drink water," said the browsing cow ; 
And lambkins at their play. 
Skip here and there, and wond'ring stare 
As the horse gives forth its neigh. 

'* I drink water," said a little boy ; 
That little boy was me ; 
And I hope I shall through all my life 
A water-drinker be. 



90 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

BEWARE! 

Becitation for a Boy or Girl 

The word beware to he given by a chorus of voices — or by the chil- 
dren representing the Wine-Dhops. 

Oh ! ye who sip the ruddy wine, 
Though like a ruby it may shine, 

( Chorus of voices. ) Beware ! 
Within the sparkling cup there lies 
Unnumbered tears and groans and sighs, 
The gnawing worm that never dies. 
( Chorus. ) Beware ! 

Though great men of its virtues name, 
And poets sing aloud its fame, 

(Chorus.) Beware! 
Oh, touch it not 1 its ruddy glare 
Is but the lurking tempter's snare 
To lead thee on to dark despair, 

( Chorus, ) Beware ! 

Many, alas ! have quaffed the bowl. 
And soon have felt its dread control, 

( Chorus. ) Beware ! 
Ah 1 soon the treach'rous poisoned dart 
Has pierced them to the very heart, 
And left a never-ceasing smart, 

(Chorus.) Beware! 

To festive board 'tis often brought. 
To waken mirth 'tis often sought, 

(Chorus.) Beware! 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 91 

Ki first it tingles through the vein ; 
It lights the eye, and spurs the brain ; 
At last it leaves a throbbing brain, 

(Chorus. J Beware! 

Many a youth with future bright, 
Has drank the cup and felt its blight,. 

(Chorus.) Beware! 
It spares not youth nor tottering age, 
The thoughtless lad, or hoary sage ; 
With all a deadly strife 'twill wage, 

(Chorus.) Beware ! 

The wise man's caution do thou take, 
The ruddy, sparkling wine forsake, 

( Chorus, ) Beware ! 
Pure water drink if thou wouldst be, 
In life unfettered, pure, and free, 
Happy through all eternity, 

( Chorus.) Beware ! 

W. H. Burleigh. 

(The chorus should here take up the song ''Dash the Wine- 
cup Away/' found on page 64 of " Ripples of Song J' 

THE REASON WHY. 

To he Becited by a Girl 

TTie last line of each verse which answers the girVs questions to he given 
by a chorus of voices^ or by the group of Water-Dkops. 

When the bright morning s^ar the new daylight is 

bringing, 
And the orchards and groves are with melody ringing. 



92 Concert Temperance Exercises, 

Their way to and from them the early birds winging, 

And their anthems of gladness and thanksgiving sing- 
ing ; 

Why do they twitter and sing, do you think ? 

(Chorus of voices.) Because they've nothing but water 
to drink ! 

When a shower on a hot day of summer is over, 

And the fields are all scented with red and white clover, 

And the honey-bee — busy and plundering rover — 

Is fumbling the blossom leaves over and over ; 

Why so fresh, clean, and sweet are the fields, do you 

think ? 
f Chorus of voices. ) Because they've had nothing but 

water to drink ! 

Do you see that stout oak, on the windy hill growing ? 
Do you see what great hail-stones that black cloud is 

throwing? 
Do you see that steam war-ship its ocean way going. 
Against trade winds and head winds, like hurricanes 

blowing ? 
Why are oaks, clouds, and steamships so strong, do you 

think ? 
(Chorus of voices,) Because they've nothing but water 

to drink ! 

Now if we have to work in the field, shop, or study, 
And would have a strong hand and a face clean and 

ruddy. 
If we'd not have a head that is addled and muddy. 
With our eyes all hungei-up and our noses all bloody ; 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 93 

How shall we make or keep ourselves, do you think ? 
(Chorus of voices,) Why, you must have nothing but 
water to drink ! 

Eev. John Pierpont. 

Or the above can he given as a solo and chorus, the music 

for which can be found on page 80 of " Temperance 

Chimes. '' Close this exercise with the song " Hurrah for 

Sparkling Water ,' found on pags 38 of " Ripples of 

Song:' 



THE CHILDREN'S WATCH-MEETING. 

BY MRS. NELLIE H. BRADLEY. 

Characters : 

The Old Year. The New Year. Emma. Ealph. 

Myra. Eddie. 

The Old Tear is represented as a very aged man^ with long^ white 
heard and hair^ black robe, and staff. The New Year appears as a 
brigfit little girl, clothed in lohite, and glittering with snow crystals. 

Emma (standing.) I am afraid mamma will think we 
are very naughty for being up so late. Are you sure 
you are not mistaken in what she said, Ralph ? 

Ealph. Sure and certain ! I had been asleep some 
tinje, when I awoke suddenly and saw mamma with her 
bonnet and cloak on. I jumped up and asked her why 
she didn't wake me in time for breakfast She laughed, 
and said it was just ten o'clock in the evening, and she 
was going to watch-meeting. You all know what that 
is, don't you ? 



94 Concert Tempera7ice Exercises, 

Myra. Oh ! yes. The people go to church on New 
Year's eve, and sing and pray, and watch the Old Tear 
go out and the New Year come in. 

Ralph. Well, I asked if I could go, and she said 
children must keep watch-meeting at home. Of course 
that was plain enough ; so when she had gone I dressed 
and waked the rest of you. 

Eddie. Won't it be fun ! I wonder if the New Year 
looks like the pictures I have seen of her : a lovely girl 
all fixed up, sweet enough to eat ! 

Emma. You little goosie ! you can't ^ee the New 
Year. It is not a person — only the change of time 
from the old to the new. 

Eddie. Well, I mean to keep a sharp lookout when 
the bell strikes twelve, and if there is anything to see I 
shall see it. 

Emma I have been thinking that we shall not be 
ready for the New Year unless we resolve to turn over a 
new leaf and be better children ; and, as I am the eldest, 
I will lead. I know I have a very quick temper, and of- 
ten get cross and impatient at trifles ; but from this time 
I shall try how patient and gentle I can be. Now, Ralph, 
what bad habit will you give up ? Your cigarette- 
smoking, I hope ; it does look so bad for a boy to smoke. 

Ralph. Truly, Emma, I have been ashamed of it for 
some time ; but, as so many boys smoke, I thought I 
would be laughed at if I stopped ; but I ivill. Good- 
bye, tobacco ! 

Emma. That's a brave boy. Your turn now, Myra. 

Myra. I have lots of bad habits, but I think the 
worst one is drinking cider. 



Concert Te^nperance Exercises, 95 

All. What! Cider? 

Myra. Yes ; and I think it is a bad thing, though it 
did not seem so at first. There is a eider-store near 
our school, where the children get it. May Jones 
treated me to a glass one day, and it tasted so good 
that I have bought some every time I had pennies 
enough. The man says it is ^weet cider, and as inno- 
cent as water ; but some of the boys do cut up dread- 
fully after drinking it, and yesterday it made every- 
thing turn around, and I had to sit down. 

Em^l\.. O Myra! don't you know that you were 
drunk ? I am glad I have the very thing to help you, 
and Ralph, too. {Takes card from her pocket and reads:) 
" I hereby promise, by the help of God, that I vv^ill ab- 
stain from the use of all intoxicating liquors, including 
wine, beer, and cider, as a beverage ; from the use of 
tobacco in any form, and from all profanit3\" 

Eddie. Sister, if profanity means saying iiwear words, 
why, that's my bad habit. It is so easy to learn them, 
and then they slip out before I know it. But now I 
will bite my tongue whenever one tries to get out. 

Emma. It is a very wicked habit, and I hope you will 
overcome it. I want you all to repeat this pledge after 
me. {She again reads it slowly, all repeating ) Now, as 
we have resolved what we will not do, let us say what 
we will do. Join hands and kneel with me. {They re- 
peat after Emma :) " Heavenly Father, we promise that 
we will try and help others to be better and happier 
during the New Year. Please help us, for Jesus' sake. 
Amen " 



96 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

{They rise and sing : " Oh ! the good we all may do, as 
the days are passing by/' or some other appropriate song,) 

Ralph. I am getting sleepy, but I don't want to 
give up. 

Emma. Suppose you all take a little nap, and I will 
wake you when the bell begins to strike twelve. 

Myra. Don't fall asleep yourself. 

(They place themselves in easy positions : Ralph, on three 
chairs he moves together ; Myra, on the sofa ; Emma, in 
an easy-chair ; Eddie, on a hassock, with his head en 
her lap. All s^eep. Slow^ mournful music is heard, 
and after a minute or two Old Year enters very slowly.) 

Old Year. 

I am old, so old, and weary and cold, 

And my journey endeth to-night ; 
But nobody cares how the Old Year fares 

As he passes from mortal sight. 
I have done with earth, its sadness and mirth, 

And soon will the funeral-bell 
Toll solemn and slow, that the people may know 

The Old Year is dying. Farewell ! 
" Uncrowned and sceptreless, forgotten by all 

But grim old Death, I go at his call." 
Farewell ! Farewell ! 

{He passes out, while the mu4c continues, and the midnight 
hour is s unded by twelve regular strokes on a lirge gong. 
With the last stroke the music chaj^ges to loud, joyful 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 97 

strains ; tivo or three gongs imitate chimes, and the New 
Year hounds on the stage, throwing kisses with both 
hands.) 

New Year. 

I have come ! I have come ! Fm the " Happy New 

Year I " 
I am thrilling the earth with my bonny good cheer ; 
And music, and laughter, and gladness, and glee 
Peal out through the midnight a welcome to me. 
O ye mortals ! I pray that my swift flying days 
May be filled with your service of faith, love, and praise. 

Look up, and lift others ; 

All men are your brothers. 
Eing out, merry bells, for the " Happy New Year ! " 

{As the New Year enters, Eddie starts up, yawns, rubs his 
eyes, and looks around ; then raises his hands and steps 
forward a few paces, his face and gestures expressing 
great surprise and delight. Ah New Year passes out 
music and chimes are heard, and the others start, up, as 
if just awaking.) 

Eddie (running from one to another). I saw her ! I 
saw her ! 

Emma. I do believe I fell asleep for a moment. What 
did you see, Eddie ? 

Eddie. I saw the New Year ! I waked just in time. 
She was all in white, with snow sprinkled over her, and 
was too lovely for anything ; and she said something 
that meant being good to everybody. And none of 
you was her ! Ha ! ha ! (He laughs and capers in boy- 
ish glee.) 



98 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Ralph (laughing) . What a pretty dream you have had, 
Eddie ! Emma, I wish you a very " happy New Tear." 
{All exchange greetings, shaking hands.) 

Emma. Now, let's all be in bed before mamma comes, 
and to-morrow we will tell her how we kept watch- 
meeting, and how Eddie dreamed that he saw the New 
Year. 

Eddie. I didn't dream it ! I was wide awake, and 
saw her with my own eyes. I did — I did — I did ! 

{All go out. Music and chimes.) 



A PATRIOTIC EXERCISE. 

For Independence Day. 

BY EDWARD CARSWELL. 

Only four hoys and two girls speak in this Exercise^ hut several others 
sJioidd enter with thern. 

A young lady representing the Goddess of Liberty is seen on the 
cefitre of platform. She holds in her left hand the United States fiag^ and 
in her right a large shield^ showing the Stars and Stripes. On the reverse 
side of shield is painted in bold letters Kvng Alcohol. This should he 
hidden from audience until proper time. Patriotic airs should he played 
on piano^ or sung hy large chorus. 

{Boys and girls rush on platform, waving flags, and 

shouting:) 

The Star-Spangled Banner, oh, long may it wave. 
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave. 
( They stop suddenly when they perceive the presence of 
Liberty.) 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 99 

FiBST Boy. 

Say, Will, I wonder who slie is ? 

She dresses mighty queer ; 
I guess she's from some wax-work show — 

With something wrong up here. 

{Touching his head,) 

Liberty. 

Why all this racket, boys and girls, 
And why this cheering, pray ? 

Second Boy. 

You must be f oreig*n, or you'd know 
It's Independence day. 

Liberty. 

And what is Independence day 
To you ? Please answer me. 

First Girl. 
The day our fathers signed the deed 
That made the Nation free. 

Liberty. 

Well, children, I am Libeiiy, 

In whom you take such pride. 
For me your grandsires fought and bled, 

For me your fathers died. 

First Boy. 

Wliy, that's Bartholdi's statae, Will ; 
I thought I knew her face. 



lOO Concert Temperance Exercises. 

I told you there was something wrong; 
You see, she's off her base. 

Liberty. 

And, children, are you fighting now 
For that proud flag and me ? 

And struggling as your fathers did 
To keep your country free ? 

Third Boy. 

No, Miss ; the wars are over now, 

Our country is all right ! 
We've hammered all creation so, 

There is no foe to fight. 

Liberty. 

Ah ! that's where you're mistaken, child ; 

We have a cruel foe. 
More wicked and relentless than 

The foes of long ago. 
He has no pity for the weak ; 

He fills our land with strife ; 
He fetters me with heavy chains ; 

And seeks to take my life. 

First Boy {doubling up his fists) 

Oh ! tell me who the coward is. 

For little WiU and I 
Can lick the chap who strikes a girl ; 

At any rate we'll try ! 



Concert Temperance Exercises. loi 

Liberty. 

Ah ! boys, this foe is rich and strong ; 

He counts a milHon slaves ; 
And thousands every year he sends 

Dishonored to their graves. 
And thousands languish in our jails 

Secured by chain and lock, 
While his recruiting dens are found 

On nearly every block. 

Second Girl. 
Why don't policemen shut them up ? 

Liberty. 

His power is too great. 

He rules our Legislatures, 
And is licensed by the State, 

Fourth Boy. 
Then something should be done, yoa know, 
If what you say is true. 

All together {earnestly). 

We're bound to fight for liberty. 
So tell us what to do. 

Liberty. 
That's bravely spoken, boys and girls. 

And if throughout the land 
All girls and boys will rally so^ 

And firmly by me stand, 



102 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Before the century is out 

111 mount my throne again, 
And put this monster under foot. 

All together. 
But tell us, what's his name ? 

Liberty. 

Tou ask me for the tyrant's name, 

To your request I yield. 
To our disgrace, 'tis graven here 

Upon the Nation's shield. 

(Slfw shows reverse side of shield.) 

(The boys and girls join hands and form a ring around 
Liberty and sing :) 

Get ready for the jubilee, hurrah ! hurrah ! 

When this, our country, shall be free, hurrah ! hurrah ! 

The. girls will sing, the boys will shout 

When alcohol is driven out. 

And we'll all be glad 

When rum shall reign no more. 

{The words and music are found on page 4 of 
"Ripples of Song/') 

Liberty. 

Yes, children, then indeed shall dawn, 
When rum shall reign no more, 

A brighter Independence Day 
Than ever known before. 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 103 

TEMPERANCE OR INTEMPERANCE? 
WHOSE SHALL THE HARVEST BE ? 

For Thanksgiving Day, or Harvest Home. 

BY E. C. KOOE. 

Characters : 

Harvest. Temperance Intemperance. 

Several persons to recite in chorus. Harvest occupies central place 
on the stage^ and carries a 'basket containing apples^ grapes and small 
sheaves of grain. Temperance and Intemperance stand,, one on each 
side of Harvest. 

Harvest. 

I am the Harvest. In this favored land of plenty, — 
warmed by God's radiant sunshine, and moistened by 
His blessed showers, I have come forth from the brown 
and silent earth, to recompense the faithful husband- 
man for his days of weary toil and hours of anxious 
care. And the gift which I bestow, is far from nig- 
gardly or mean. Bountiful and generous are its pro- 
portions of fair fruits and golden grains. What will 
ye do with these ? Speak, ye for whom my bounty is 
provided. 

Intemperance {advancing to Harvest, and taking an apple 
from the basket.) 

O Harvest, I take from your hands, this fine fruit. 
For what end ? I suppose you will ask. 

Well — my calling, you see, is ruining souls, 
And I've need of its aid in my task. 



I04, Concert Temperance Exercises. 

For making a start as a dmiikard debased, 
There's nothing much better, I think, 

Than the juice of the apple — sweet cider, you know- 
Such a purely innocent drink. 

Yet by sipping of cider, a taste is begot 
For stronger and more ardent drinks ; 

And so the poor wretch w^hose thirst grows apace, 
Becomes mine — and down, down he sinks. 

So to help on my work, your apples I claim. 
And my claim I'll enforce with each breath. 

With their help, I can do some most terrible work, 
I'll cause misery, ruin, and death. 

Temperance (afeo approaching Harvest, and taking an 

apple). 

I sing the apple, 

The rich, juicy apple. 
The fruit of historical fame ; 

When used as a food, 

'Tis undoubtedly good, 
And to it I now urge my claim. 

This fruit I will take, 

And from it will make 
The dumpling so fair and so round. 

And I hope you'll agree 

In thinking with me, 
No better dish e'er can be found. 



Concert Temperance Exercises, 105 

Apple-pudding or pie — 

Or perhaps, you will try 
Apple-fritters, or jelly so clear. 

You may roast or may bake, 

Or " Brown Betty " make ; 
Eacli form will excel, as good clieer. 

Chorus of Voices. 

Oh, hasten, happy golden time. 

When Harvest fruits no more shall go 

To aid Intemperance in its task 
Of working misery and woe ; 

But every apple-tree shall own 

Its fruit, for Temperance alone. 

Intemperance {approaching Harvest, and taking a hunch 

of grapes). 

The fruit of the vine, O Harvest, you'll yield 

To my urgent demand, I foresee. 
From sohd to liquid, these grapes must be changed 

Ere they can be useful to me. 

With bright sparkling wine, I dare many approach, 

Who would shun any coarser device 
To capture their wills, and bring them to shame, 

rU have wine whatever be its price. 

Temperance [taking grapes). 

Oh, fruit of the vine, 
Fair frii't of the vine. 
Your grace and your beauty I sing. 



io6 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

Tour clusters so fair, 
Of beauty so rare, 
Are an offering worthy a king. 

What luscious delight, 

In these globules so bright. 
Shall moisten the lips, parched and dry. 

Of an invalid friend. 

To whom I may send 
Of this beautiful fruit — a supply. 

Then the raisins I need ! 

Without raisins, indeed 
My Christmas plum- cake would be naught. 

So give of your store 

To me, I implore ; 
Not evil, but good, is my thought. 

Chorus of Voices. 
Oh, hasten, happy golden time. 

When Harvest fruits no more shall go 
To aid Intemperance in its task 

Of working misery and woe ; 
But every laden vine shall own 
Its fruit, for Temperance alone. 

Intemperance {taking a sheaf of grain from the basket 
held by Harvest). 

The barley, the corn, and the wheat must be mine, 

I need them all for my work 
Of preparing the draught for men to imbibe, 

In which germs of misery lurk. 



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'Tis true, what I take, might save many a life, 

But 'tis not my trade to do good. 
Of this grain I'll make whiskey and brandy and beer, 

No matter who suffers for food. 

Then give me large share of the Harvest-yield, 
For while men approve of my course, 

I'll poison with whiskey and cider and wine. 
Nor feel any twinge of remorse. 

Temperance (taking grain). 

The fields of ripe grain, 

Of ripe, golden grain, 
All honor to them in my song. 

My voice I will raise, 

To give them all praise, 
For to them doth honor belong. 

They've millions to feed ; 

xlnd on them, indeed, 
The lives of the people depend. 

Of corn or of wheat. 

Is made the bread sweet, 
Which the hungry are sure to commend. 

Then give to my use 

And deny to abuse. 
Your stores, gracious Harvest, I pray. 

When used as a food, 

Grain is alone good ; 
As a drink — ^'tis accursed for aye, 



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Ohokus of Voices. 

Oh, hasten, happy golden time, 
When Harvest fruits no more shall go 

To aid Intemperance in its task 
Of working misery and woe ; 

But apple, grape, and grain shall be 

For Temperance — a solid three. 



THE SEASONS; OR, A HAPPY NEW- 
YEAR. 

For a Boy and Three Girls, 

BY EDWARD CARSWELL. 

Boy (representing Winter, with overcoat and cap on^ and 

dragging a sled), 

I am Winter, and come on a visit, you see, 

And hope we'13 be happv as happy can be. 

You must not think me cold because covered with snow ; 

Why, my heart is so warm that I'm all in a glow. 

And you will be, too, if you take my advice, 

That is, put on your skates, and go out on the ice, 

Or get out your sleigh, and away to the hill, 

Or y/hatever you are doing, just do with a will. 

Some say I am cruel, and punish with cold 

The poor and the ragged, decrepit and old. 

I know many suffer, but I'm not to blame. 

It is rum that brings nakedness, sorrow, and shame ! 



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Then drive out the rum-king, his whiskey and beer, 

And the sorrow they cause will soon disappear. 

And remember that no greater fib can be told, 

Than that " Rum is a friend that will keep out the cold." 

And that he is needed because 1 am here 

Is untrue, yet believed by too many, I fear. 

But you'll not believe it, I feel very sure, 

For you know that cold imter will help you endure 

And even enjoy my visit, but now 

It is time I was closing, and making my bow. 

GiKL {representing Spring^ with bright dress, and carry- 
ing flowers and grasses). 

My name is Spring. I have just called to say, 

How do you do ? and then away. 

Winter is alwavs such a tease, 

And likes to bother, to pinch, and squeeze 

Until if you could see my toes. 

You'd find them redder than my nose. 

I'll come again with sun and showers. 

And bring you baskets full of flowers. 

Girl {representing Summer, dressed in white dress, and 
carrying fan and hunch of grain). 

I'm Summer, and like Sister Spring 
Not here to stay, but just run in 
To tell you I will come again 
With early fruit, and ripened grain. 
And warm and bright delightful weather ; 
We'll wander in the woods together. 



1 10 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

You'll go out camping by the sea, 
And jolly picnics there will be. 
I'll close the schools that you may play, 
And bring you Independence Day. 

Girl {representing Autumn, decked with autumn leaves, 

and carrying fruit). 

My name is Autumn. I should not be here 

As you all understand at this time of the year. 

But I come with my sisters ; of course you know why. 

And am coming again to remain by and by. 

Then I shall be dressed in such gorgeous array, 

Bright scarlet and purple, blue, yellow, and gray. 

I shall bring you such baskets of apples and grapes. 

Corn, pumpkins, and squashes of curious shapes. 

The roots from the earth, and fruit from the tree. 

The fowls of the air, and fish of the sea. 

All these I will bring ; and oh, yes, by the way, 

I shall bring you some turkeys for Thanksgiving Day. 

And even with these I know 3^ou'd be blue. 

Unless I should bring an election or two. 

So I'll bring thcQi, but ask you to promise one thing, 

That you wil] not destroy any blessing I bring ; 

Make corn into whiskey, or grapes into wine, 

(Turn to poisonous drink the fruit of the vine.) 

Spring. Though we are related, we only appear 

{All together). Together to wish you a Happy New-Tear. 

Winter. Hereafter you'll see us but one at a time. 

So good-night, for this is the end of my rhyme. 



Concert Tejnperance Exercises, IM 

THE STORY OF THE NATIVITY. 

A Christmas Program for Primary Departments, 

BY MRS. W. F. CRAFTS. 

I. — Song, " Ring, ye happy Christmas bells," or any 

familiar Christmas song. 
n. — Prayer of thanksgiving for Christmas. 
m. — Recitations. 

(1.) A little hoy, icith a shepherd's crook in his hand, 
recites : " And there were shepherds in the same coun- 
try, abiding in the field, and keeping watch by night 
over their flock." 

(2.) Another little boy, with a crook, recites : "And an 
angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the 
Lord shone round about them, and they were sore 
afraid." (Both boys put their hands over the'r eyes.) 

(3.) A little girl, dressed in white, and with wings made 
of tarlatan, recites : " And the angel said unto them, ' Be 
not afraid ; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of 
great joy which shall be to all the people ; for there is 
born unto you this day in the city of David, a Saviour, 
which is Christ, the Lord. And this is the sign unto 
you : Ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes 
and lying in a manger.' " 

(4.) Chorus by sevei^al little girls, dressed in ivhite : 
" Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among 
men in whom He is well pleased." (Ihey retire from 
the pUitform.) 

(5.) The two boys, who represent shepherds, recite to- 



112 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

gefher : " And it came to pass, when the angels went 
away from them into Heaven, the shepherds said one 
to another, ' Let us go now even into Bethlehem, and 
see this thing that is come to pass/ " 

(6.) The whole class together recites, or a dozen or fifteen 
of the larger boys and girls: "And they came with 
haste, and found both Mary and Joseph, and the 
babe lying in the manger. And when they saw it, they 
made known concerning the saying which was spoken 
to them about this child." 

(7.) The teacher recites : ''• And all that heard it won- 
dered at the things which were spoken unto them by 
the shepherds/' 

(8.) The two hoys reappear and recite : " And the 
shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for 
all the things that they had heard and seen, even as it 
was spoken unto them." 

(9.) A little girl, carrying a large gilt star, ^^ecites: 
" Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, in 
the days of Herod the king, behold there came wise 
men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, * Where is He 
that is born King of the Jews ? for we saw His star in 
the east, and are come to worship Him.' " 

(10.) Whole cla^s recites, or the larger boys and g'rl : 
" And when Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, 
and all Jerusalem with him. And gathering together 
all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he in- 
quired of them where the Christ should be born." 

(11.) Tvjo little hoys, carrying a roll, open it and recite : 
" And they said unto him. In Bethlehem of Judea, for 
thus it is written by the prophet : And thou Bethlehem, 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 113 

land of Judah, art in no wise least among the princes 
of Judah : for out of thee shall come forth a governor, 
which shall be the Shepherd of my people Israel.'* 

(12.) Some one, out of sight, recites : " Then Herod 
privily called the wise men, and learned of them care- 
fully what time the star appeared. And he sent them 
to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out carefully 
concerning the young Child ; and when ye have found 
Him, bring me word, that I also may come and wor- 
ship Him." 

(13.) Whole class recites, or the larger boys and girls : 
" And they, having heard the king, went tneir way." 

(14.) The little girl with the gilt star again appears walk- 
ing across the platform, and recites : " And lo, the star, 
which they saw in the east, went before them till it 
came and stood over where the young Child was." 

(15.) Three hoys, loith gilt croivns on their heads, and 
beautiful boxes in their hands, advance toward the star and 
recite: "And when they saw the star, they rejoiced 
with exceeding great joy." 

(16.) The same boys kneel and recite : " And they 
came into the house, and saw the young Child with 
Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshipped 
Him, and, opening their treasures, they offered unto 
Him gifts, gold, and frankincense and myrrh." 

(17.) The larger boys and girls, or the ivhole class recites 
as the boys retire : " And being warned of God in a dream 
that they should not return to Herod, they departed 
into theii^ own country another way.'* 



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IV. — Song, " Carol, Sweetly Carol," or any familiar 
Christmas song. 

V. — Two little girls, holding each other's hands, arms ex- 
tended, filled in with hay to represent the manger, sing 
the'' Child's Hymn,'' by Luther, to the tune of Home, 
Sweet Home," or it may he sung by the entire class : 

Away in a manger, 

No crib for His bed. 
The little Lord Jesus 

Lay down His sweet head. 
The stars in the sky 

Looked down w^here He lay, 
The little Lord Jesus 

Asleep in the hay. 

The cattle are lowing, 

The poor baby wakes, 
But little Lord Jesus, 

No crying He makes. 
I love Thee, Lord Jesus. 

Look down from the sky, 
And stay by my crib 

Watching my lullaby. 

The little girls remain standing on front of the platform. 
The Shepherds, the three Kings, and all the other charac- 
ters group themselves around them. In the background 
place the chorus of girls. The two girls with the hay 
drop heads on breast as if asleep. The others put hands 
together, palms muard, and rest left cheek upon them as 



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%f asleep. They make a very pretty tableau, while some 
one with a strong hut tender voice sings the following solo : 

Tune — " Nettleton/' found in any church hymnal. 

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber, holy angels guard 
Thy bed; 

Heavenly blessings, without number, gently falling on 
Thy head. 

Soft and easy is Thy cradle, coarse and hard thy Sav- 
iour lay, 

When His birth-place was a stable, and His softest bed 
was hay. 

The songs used in this program are to he found in " Lit- 
tle Pilgrim's Songs/' 



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BY C. SIMMONDS. 

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She is so pure and true ; 
She bringeth peace and plenty, 

And giveth health again — 
This sweetest, dearest gift of 
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Ah ! pretty little fairy, 

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A sweeter, dearer friend thou, 

Than rich and ruby wine. 
Then hail ! blest little fairy. 

For ever dear to me ; 
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That parteth me and thee. 



Lily. I rather like that song, for I do believe in 
water. 

Kate. Yes, of course, everybody knows that, who 
knows you. 

Ada. I like water, too, though I believe it hurts 
folks sometimes. 

Lily, xind when, pray ? 

Ada. O . . . when . . . when they can't get enough 
of it. At least that's when it hurts me, 

Kate. Why ! you must be a little duck^ dear ! 

Ada. Humph ! that's queer. 

Lily. What's queer ? 

Ada. How Kate can be a duck and dear, 

Kate. O that's a pointless pun, I fear. 

Lily. Your wits seem dry as a toper's throat, al- 
though you are teetotalers. 

Ada. Then it's dry wit, indeed, and I pity the toper. 

Lily. And so do I. 

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Kate. What is ? 

Ada. Why, all the tales people tell about the drink. 
I drink water because, like all children, I like it best ; 
but I don't believe the goody-goody, chocolate -cream 
stories they tell us in Band of Hope and other children's 
temperance meetings. 

Kate. O, I do : children wouldn't like water best if 
it weren't best. 

Ada. Well, yes, of course, we children are the best 
judges. Still, my father drinks, and — my dress is as 
good as yours. 

Kate. Well, and mine is as good as yours. 

Ada. AVell! 

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Lily. Wdls, my dears, are made to hold water ; chil- 
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Ada. O, I thought children were made to eat sweets 
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Lily. Well, if you children will quarrel, we may as 
well draw a ring, (She walks around them as if drawing 
a ring.) 

Kate. Draw a ring ; oh, I'd rather wear one. 

Ada. Yes, but you'd wear it out. 

Kate. Certainly, out of doors, 

Lily. No ; out of vanity, dear. 

Ada. What, the ring ? Then we'd wring the vanity 
out of her, just as mother does out of a towel. 
Kate. Then I should howl. 
Lily. I fear we are all talking twiddle, twaddle. 
Ada. Come, then, and we'll sing it instead. 



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Lily. Well, come, now ; let us be serious awhile. 
Can either of you tell me what strong drink is good for ? 

Kate. O, yes, I can. 

Ada. Well ? 

Kate. O, it's good for — notliing. 

Ada. My grandmother used to say it was good for 
sick folk ; it had saved many lives. 

Kate. Yes, in the same way as the boy said the pin had 

Ada. How ? 

Kate. O, by not swallowing it. 

Lily. That is true ; really, people get well much 
faster and more surely without the drink than with it. 
Our Temperance Hospital cures all manners of dis- 
eases, and the doctors have only given alcohol once. 

Ada. And then 

Kate. O, I know ; it was as in the case of a noted 
collector of subscriptions, - the beggar died. 

Ada. Did he ? I wonder what colo7\ 

Kate. O, a rnm-j one, you may be sure. 

Ada. But, Lily, don't you think it makes men work ? 

Kate. I do ; they loorlc hard to enable them to drink 
long, and by drinking hard they are compelled to work 
long. It makes them wor^k. 

Lily. No, Ada ; somebody says a workingman has 
no more need of drink than a duck has of an umbrella. 
That is true ; strong drink is mainly composed of water 
and poison, called Alcohol, with a little decayed hop leaf, 
a little dust and a little dirt added. When people work, 
they waste muscle, heat, and energy. Food replaces the 
loss, but strong drink cannot do this, because it has no 
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Kate. Dr. Lily, M.D. But, I say, Lily, how do you 
KNOW, you know ? 

Lily. It's easy enough to know. How do you know 
that Ada's alive ? 

Kate. O — by pinching her. (Slfie pinches, and Ada 
cries out, " Oh ! " j There ! 

Lily. Just so ! which means we know by results, 
and that's how we know that people are better without 
the drink. 

Kate. I see, — by pinching them, 

Ada. No, Lily means by experience (she rubs her 
pinched arm) ; gangs of men who don't drink can, 
other things being equal, do more work than gangs of 
men who do drink, and do it with less exhaustion, too. 

Kate. Gangs of men ! 

Ada. Yes, and single men as well. 

Kate. O, sing'e, not married men. 

Lily. O, how dull you are. 

Kate. Because your speech is so dark. 

Lily. Come, then ; we'll brighten all by singing our 
pretty song we learned last Sunday. (They all sing.) 

THE KING OF ALL MANKIND. 



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He loved the little children, 

Who clambered od His knee, 
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That they might happy be ; 
He grieves to see them sinful, 

Unruly, and unkind. 
He loves to make them pure 
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This King of all mankind. 



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In the dear loving heart of His, 

This King of all mankind. 



A CHRISTMAS ENTERTAINMENT, 



ARRANGED BY L. PENNEY. 



Singing {Tune — '''Harwell'' found in any church hymnal). 

Hark ! what mean those holy voices 

Sweetly sounding through the skies ? 
Lo ! the angelic host rejoices, 

Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 
Hear them tell the wondrous story, 

Hear them chant in hymns of joy : 
" Glory in the highest, glory ! 

Glory be to God most high ! " 



Responses. 

Leader. Now when Jesus was bom in Bethlehem of 
Judea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise 
men from the east to Jerusalem, 



Co7icert Temperance Exercises. 127 

School. Saying, Where is He that is born King of 
the Jews ? for we have seen His star in the east, and 
are come to worship Him. 

Leader. And there were in the same country shep- 
herds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their 
flocks by night. 

School. And lo ! the angel of the Lord came upon 
them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about 
them ; and they were sore afraid. 

Leader. And the angel said unto them, Fear not ; 
for I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall 
be to all people. 

School. For unto you is born this day in the city 
of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. 

Leader. And this shall be a sign unto you : ye shall 
find the Babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a 
manger. 

School. And suddenly there was with the angel a 
multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and 
saying: 

Leader Glory to God in the highest, and on earth 
peace, good-will towards men. 

School. And it came to pass, as the angels were 
gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said 
one to another : Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, 
and see this thing which is come to pass, which the 
Lord hath made known unto us 

Leader. And they came with haste, and found Mary 
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To he given by a Young Lady. 

" What means this glory round our feet/' 

The Magi mused, " more bright than morn ? " 
And voices chanted, clear and sweet, 
" To-day the Prince of Peace is bom." 

" What means that star," the shepherd said, 
" That brightens through the rocky glen ? " 
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But it was said in words of gold, 
No time or sorrow e'er shall dim, 

That little children might be bold 
In perfect trust to come to Him. 

All round our feet shall shine 

A light like that the wise men saw, 

If we our loving wills incline 

To that sweet Life which is the Law. 

So shall we learn to understand 
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Leader. Give me some of the names of Jesus ? 

1st Child. He was called Jesus. The angel of the 
Lord appeared unto Joseph in a dream, saying, " Mary 
shall bring forth a Son, and thou shalt call Him Jesus ; 
for He shaU save His people from their sins/' 

2d Child. He was called Christ The angel said 
unto the shepherds, "Unto you is born a Saviour, 
which is Christ the Lord." 

3d Child. They shall caU His name Emmanuel, 
which being interpreted is, God with us. 

4th Child. His name shall be called Wonderful, 
Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, 
the Prince of Peace. 

5th Child. The prophet Jeremiah called Him the 
Branch, saying, " Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch." 

6th Child. Isaiah said, " There shall come forth a 
Bod out of the stem of Jesse, and a branch shall grow 
out of his roots." 

7th Child. Isaiah also called Him a Boot: "In 
that day there shall be a Boot of Jesse, which shall 
stand for an ensign of the people ; to it shall the Gen- 
tiles seek." 

8th Child. Solomon speaks of Him as the Bose of 
Sharon and the Lily of the Valley. 

9th Child. Jesus said, " I am the true Vine, and my 
Father is the Husbandman." 

10th Child. Jesus said, " I am the Bread of Life ; 
he that cometh unto me shall never hunger ; and he 
that believeth on me shall never thirst." 

11th Child. Jesus said, " I am the Door ; by me, if 



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any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in 
and out, and find pasture/' 

12th Child. Jesus said again, ^^ I am the Way, the 
Truth, and the Life ; no man cometh unto the Father 
but b^ me." 

13th Child. John the Baptist, seeing Jesus, said, 
" Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins 
of the world." 

14th Child He is also called a Eoch " Thou art my 
Rock and the God of my salvation." 

Singing (Tune- — " Christmas," found in any church hym- 
nal, or any other C. M. tune). 

To us a Child of hope is bom, 

To us a Son is given ; 
Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 

Him all the hosts of heaven. 

His name shall be the Prince of Peace, 

For evermore adored ; 
The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 

The great and mighty Lord. 

THE SEXTON. 

Becitation by a Boy, 

When the Sexton came to the tower stair, 

Where the coil of bell-rope lay. 
He cheerily called, " Old bell up there. 

King out ! it is Christmas-day ! " 



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He seized the rope in each wrinkled hand, 

He pulled with a youthful might, 
Till the glad sound pealed o'er the sleejaing land, 

And soared to the stars so bright. 

" Ho, ho ! '' laughed the stars o'er earth and main, 
" What know you of Christmas-tide ? 
"We shone on that far-off Eastern plain 
Where a star was the wise men's guide. 

" We saw the Child in His manger bed. 
And the gifts that the magi gave. 
And we shall shine when your voice has fled. 
We shall shine on the Sexton's grave ! " 

Said the Sexton : " Stars ! to you 'twas given 

To herald the Christmas birth ; 
Though the praise and the glory belong to heaven, 

'Tis the joy belongs to earth." 

HER GIFTS. 

Recitation hy a Girl 

A dear little mother is waiting apart, 

The mother of children three ; 
" My Lord," she cries, in the hush of her heart, 

" Wilt Thou take a gift from me ? 
I have heard the angels sing Thy birth, 

I have followed Thy shining star. 
And here at the shrine of all the earth, 

Lo, I and my children are ! 



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" And all in the glow of the Christmas morn, 

My gold it lay at Thy feet, 
I am leading my darlings with care unworn, 

With brows that are pure and sweet ; 
Oh, never had gems from the mines such worth 

As the treasure to-day I bring 
To the beautiful shrine of all the earth; 

To the glorious infant King ! 

" My children three, with their waving hair, 

And the fearless look in their eyes — 
They lisp Thy name in the vesper prayer, 

And at matins when they rise ; 
Nothing they know of the dole and dearth 

Of souls that with sin have striven, 
They kneel at the shrine of aU the earth — 

^ Of such is the kingdom of heaven,' '* 

They stand in the shadow of pine fir ; 

They listen, and floating through 
They teach the answer that's sent to her 
Through a rift in the upper blue : 
" Since the Christ-child came to the weary earth 
No gifts are to Him so sweet 
As the children's hearts, with their joy and mirth. 
Lovingly brought to His feet ! " 

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Will He hear our simple prayer. 
Will He for the children care ? 

Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! 
In his love we all may share. 

If we come to Him to-day, 
Will He bid us go away ? 
Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! He will love and bid us stay. 



When we make our voices ring, 
What can little children sing ? 

Hallelujah ! Hallelujah ! 
Jesus is our heavenly King. 



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WHAT THE LETTERS SPELL ? 

Fcyr Nine Little Children. 

The letters should he made of evergreen sewed on tohite card-board or 
papery which can be easily attached to Japanese fans or little banners. 

The first verse^ which is in the form of a question^ can be given by a 
larger scholar, or the leader. 

When Christmas is written on all around. 
Have you thought what each letter spells 

In the word that the children love so much, 
And the wondrous story it tells ? 

First Child, with Letter C. 

My letter tells of the Child who was born 

On that Christmas long ago, 
Of the Christ who came from heaven above 

To us on the earth below. 

Second Child, with Letter H. 

Mine tells of the far-away Holy land, 
The land of the Christ-child's birth ; 

Of the Homes He blessed ; of the Happiness 
He brought to the sin-cursed earth. 

Third Child, loith Letter E. 

And my letter tells why the Saviour came ; 

To Kedeem the world from sin, 
To Rescue the fallen, Eelieve the sick, 

And gather the children in. 

Fourth Child, with Letter 1, 
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Of the Inn where the people had no room 
To receive the Holy Child. 

Fifth Child, with Letter S. 

I tell of the Star that the wise men saw 

Shining far up in the sky ; 
Of their path through the trackless desert, led 

By the light that gleamed on high. 

Sixth Child, with Letter T. 

And I tell of the Treasures the wise men poured 

At the feet of the baby boy ; 
Of the gold and the myrrh, and the precious stones 

That told of their love and joy. 

Seventh Child, with Letter M. 

I would tell of the Manger where they laid 

The Infant Lord of all, 
Who found no home on the earth but this one 

In the lowly oxen's staU. 

Eighth Child, with Letter A. 

I tell of the Angels that bore the news 

To the shepherds watching near. 
While the glory of God shone round about, 

And filled their hearts with fear. 

Ninth Child, with Letter S. 

I sing of the Song that the angels sang, 
'Tis echoing now as then, 



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" Glory to God in the highest, on earth 
Peace and good- will toward men." 

All together. 

And we all sing the song with glad full hearts, 
As the angels sang it then, 
" Glory to God in the highest, on earth 
Peace and good- will toward men." 

Mrs. C. H. Stanley. 

{The children appear, one by one, and remain on the plat- 
form after reciting, forming a semicircle,) 

THREE LITTLE STOCKINGS. 

Recitation by a Boy. 

Three little stockings, dainty and small, hanging against 
the firelit wall ; 

Empty they're hanging, limp and still, waiting for 
Santa Claus ready to fill. 

The Christmas log, now burning low, lighting the room 
with its fitful glow. 

Reveals far back in the shadowy deep, three little chil- 
dren fast asleep. 

Over them bending with happy smile lighting her beau- 
tiful face the while, 

A mother is watching with loving care, tenderly breath- 
ing for each a prayer. 

At morning dawn three pairs of eyes open and sparkle 
with glad surprise ; 

For there, close against the sunlit wall, hang the three 
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No longer empty and limp and cold, but round and full 
as they can hold. 

And the three voices shout in childish delight, " Santa 
Claus did find our stockings last night." 

Three little stockings, knit of wool, hang in the sun- 
light, round and full, 

Three little hearts are happy and light, making one fire- 
side joyous and bright. 



THREE LITTLE EMPTY STOCKINGS. 

Becitation by a Girl. 

Three little stockings, worn and old, hanging against 

the chimney cold ; 
Empty they're hanging, limp and still, waiting for Santa 

Glaus ready to fill. 
The full moon through the window streams, flooding 

the room with its pale, cold beams ; 
Only an attic, plain and small, with a rude cot-bed 

against the wall. 

Three childish faces, round and fair, in innocent sleep 
are lying there ; 

Close by the cot whereon they lay, a mother is kneel- 
ing, trying to pray. 

Her pale, sad face, and silvered hair, tell of a life of 
want and care. 

Nothing to buy her little ones bread, and scarcely a 
place to lay her head. 



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As the three empty stockings met her eyes, is it strange 

that her faith grows cold and dies ? 
Or that, as she is vainly trying to pray, " O Father, 

have mercy ! " is all she can say ? 

On Christmas morning three pairs of eyes open in sor- 
rowful, mute surprise ; 

For there, close against the chimney old, hang the 
three stockings empty and cold. 

In one sad chorus the voices three cry, " Santa Glaus 
didn't remember me ! " 

And the poor mother's heart sinks deep in despair as 
that pitiful wail rings out on the air. 

Three empty stockings ! The tale that they tell is known 
in many a home too well. 

Three little hearts are heavy with woe, to think that old 
Santa neglected them so. 

O ye who have plenty, enough and to spare, whose chil- 
dren know nothing of want or care, 

While making them happy, forget not, I pray, the chil- 
dren whose stockings are empty to-day. 

THE LEGEND OF THE CHRIST-CHILD. 

Recitation by a Young Lady, 

" One golden morn to Adine's home there came 
The angel-bearer of a sweet behest — 
* With loving care, 
Adine, thy home prepare, 
For Christ, the Lord, this day shall be thy guest,' 



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** With awe, Adine the heavenly message heard, 
A holy hush fell on her heart and face ; 
And going to and fro, 
She whispered low, 
* To-day His presence shall make glad this place.' 

" Long hours she watched — and while she bent her ear, 
And thro' the twilight strained her eager sight, 

A shadow crossed the floor, 

And at the door 
A sad-eyed child begged shelter from the night, 

" But Adine, waiting for her kingly guest. 

With hope and fear at war within her heart. 
No thought or care 
The weary child could spare. 
And with ungracious alms bade him depart. 

" Then suddenly the childish form was changed, 
And with a look that smote her like a sword — 

All fair and bright. 

In robes of silvery white — 
He turned and said, ' Adine, behold thy Lord.' 

" And while with trembling hands her face she hid, 
The glory faded that thro' the place had shone ; 

The sheen of pinions fair 

Swept thro' the silent air. 
And in the twilight dim she stood alone. 



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" Still for the Master's coming Adine waits, 

But help from those who need no more withholds. 

For, evermore 

In all who seek her door, 
Adine the image of her Lord beholds." 

Eesponses. 

Leader. What spirit should prevail at this happy 
season of the year ? 

School. The spirit of love, joy, peace, contentment, 
and good-will to others. 

Leader. What in a large measure prevents this 
feeling ? 

School. The evil of drunkenness. 

Leader. In what way ? 

School. It causes poverty, sickness, and woe, mak- 
ing wretched many homes which otherwise might be 
glad. 

Leader. What is our duty toward this evil ? 

School. We should abstain from all intoxicating 
liquors and induce others to do so also. 

Leader. Glory to God in the highest ! 

School. On earth peace, good-will to men ! 

Leader. Let temperance fill the earth, and then — 

School. Peace and good-will can reign. 

CHRISTMAS FEASTS. 

'Recitation by a Boy, 

Ah ! 'tis an awful thing to ponder on, and think 
That of all times the Christmas time is most defiled by 
drink! 



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That to commemorate the day of sweetest, holiest joy, 
Brother to brother, friend to friend, gives that which 
will destroy. 

So, friends, when Christmas really comes, and you the 

board shall spread. 
And cheerfulness and happiness are round you freely 

shed. 
And walls are decked, and songs are sung, and heart 

with heart is free, 
Oh ! let not that vile thing be seen which will pollute 

your glee. 

Look not upon the wine-cup red, for though so fair 

'twill bring 
At last the serpent's poisonous bite, the adder's deadly 

sting ; 
But let the Christmas be, indeed, a holy feast-tide 

given, 
A memory of joy on earth, a birthday guide to heaven. 

Faith Chiltern. 

I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS. 

Recitation hy a Young Lady. 

I wish you a Merry Christmas, 

Dear hearers, one and all ; 
And this we know can be obtained 

Without King Alcohol. 
For he doth cause continually 

Distress and many a sorrow. 



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Make wounds upon a Christmas-day, 
And headaches on the morrow. 

I wish you a Merry Christmas, 

But 'midst our joys let's think 
How many hearts are desolate 

Through the accursed drink. 
I wish you a Merry Christmas, 

And friends around shall see, 
Without the fiery liquor 

How happy we can be. 

I wish you a Merry Christmas, 

To every child and man, 
Indeed, to every woman too, 

Who practices our plan. 
In such a godly warfare. 

Eight onward let us steer ; 
So, I wish you a Merry Christmas, 

4-nd a happy coming year. 

W. E. Churchill. 

Leader. 

God hasten the day vv^hen Christian men 

Shall cleanse their hands from the blood-red stain ; 

Shall rise and with thunder-voice demand 

That the spoiler be banished from our fair land. 

Then light and love and joy shall come 

To brighten many a drink-cursed home, 

And a deeper meaning shall swell the strain 

Of " Glory to God ! Good-will to man ! " 



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We are waiting for the morning 

Niglit has been so dark and 
long, 
Dimly now the day is dawn- 
ing, 

And we hail it with a song. 
Light and truth to every nation, 

Brightly now begins to shine, 
Pseans rise from every station, 

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ing. 
And our courage will not fail. 
While our soul for light is 
yearning. 
Until truth and right prevail. 
We will work to banish sorrow, 
Work and wait for human 
good, 
Trusting to the coming morrow, 
For the perfect brotherhood. 



We have waited for this morning, 

Thro' the long dark night of years, 
But we now behold the dawning 

While the light of truth appears. 
Human hearts are sweetly singing, 

*' Mortals see with angels' ken. 
Dove- winged Faith and Hope are bringing 

Peace on earth, good- will to men." 



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DIBBLE'S DILEMMA; OR, HOW KING 
DABBLE GOT OVER THE TROUBLE. 

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Chakacters : 

King Dibble, \ Brothei^s : Monarchs of two 
King Dabble, ) distant countries. 

Bubble, I Courtiers. 

Babble, ) 

Scene. — King Dibble's Palace. 

Enter King Dibble, wearing a crown made of gilt paper, 

DiB. 'Tis somewhere written, or by some one said, 
" That wears a crown, uneasy lies the head." 
I beg (although I'm somewhat in the dark 
As to its source) to second that remark. 
To be a king and have to rule a nation 
Is, at the best, a trying occupation. 
One has so many folks in one's dominions 
Who hold such sadly opposite opinions. 
That there's no hope of pleasing every one, 
While just a chance exists of pleasing none. 
AH countries are alike in this, no doubt, 
But yet 1 can't help thinking mine's about 
The worst of all. I'm always in a bother — 
Always being plagued for something or another. 
My life seems all redresses and retrievances. 
There never was a land like mine for grievances. 
The great, the small, the high, low, rich, and poor. 
Have all some gross injustice to endure. 
All grumble ; and, what's more, they all protest 
Their case to be much worse than all the rest. 
What is a king to do ? It's really vexing — 
Confusing — puzzling — not to say perplexing ! 
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Am kept in one continual commotion. 

Well, well, they say this life's a sea of trouble. 

And I agree Y/ith them. Ah ! here comes Bubble. 

Enter Bubble, voho bows low to King. 

Bubble. Tour majesty, I grieve to let you know — 
DiB. {aside) . Another grievance ! I expected so. 
Bub. Within your land there has been for some time 

An increase most deplorable of crime, 
DiB. I know it, sir ; you needn't tell it me. 

Think you I don't the daily papers see ? 
Bub. Your majesty may know it. But the cause ? 
DiB. Ah, that I don't know. 

Bub. 'Tis defective laws ! 

DiB. Defective laws ! Good gracious ! my dear sir, 

What, when we're making fresh ones every year ? 
Bub. Too many fresh ones, sire — half mere frivolity, 

going in for quantity — not quality. 
Dib. For that you politicians are to blame. 
Bub. We should be if our views were all the same. 
Dib. Well, one must take the views of the majority. 
Bub. Yes, though, perchance, right be with the minority 
Dib. Unlikely that. 
Bub. Indeed, I'm not so sure. 

Self-interests majorities secure. 
Dib. But you are one, I apprehend, who would 

Forego self-interests for the general good ? 
Bub. Most noble sire, I am. Yet some there be 

Who, in that matter, differ much from me. 
Dib. There are, sir ? You astonish me ! 
Bub. You will 

I fancy, sire, be more astonished still, 

If things go on as they are going now. 
Dib. How shall we alter them ? 
Bub. I'll tell you how, 

Your majesty. First, there must be a clause 

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By which the punishment, when crime is clear, 
Is made a very great deal more severe. 

DiB. You think that would be wise ? 

Bub. My honored king, 

Be wise ? It is, in fact, the only thing 
There is to do. On this we may rely. 
Crime, if not checked at once, will, by and by, 
Prevail so widely and become so strong 
That we, who should have crushed it, may ere long 
By it be crushed. All it will over-awe. 
Where then will be " the strong arm of the law " ? 
Depend upon it, king whom all revere. 
To gain respect, law must engender fear. 
And, as that law's severity increases. 
So crime declines, and ultimately ceases. 

DiB. You speak well. Bubble, and be right you may. 
But here is Babble. What has he to say ? 

Enter Babble, who bows low to King. 

How now, good Babble ? What's the latest news ? 
I warrant me there's some one in the blues ; 
Or some one with a grievance, or some thing 
With which to try the patience of the king. 
Babble. No, sire ; naught fresh. Stay though ! we've 

caught a thief. 
DiB. (aside). And is that all ? Oh, what a sweet relief ! 
{Aloud). . This comes, sir, at most opportune a 
time ; 
Our topic is the prevalence of crime. 
And we would find some means for its prevention. 
Perhaps you something of the kind can mention? 
Good Bubble here thinks we'd our aim be nearer 
By making all our laws a deal severer. 
Bab. Sheer nonsense, sire. Good Bubble, pardon me. 
A greater fallacy there could not be. 
Mere child's talk — nothing more than Bubble'^ 
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Don't think that you'll thatwdij convert the rabble. 

Make laws as strict and stringent as you will 

And you'll have crime, you'll find, in plenty still. 

Men, when their country's laws they do transgress, 

Don't X3ause to think about it much, I guess. 

And whether punishment be great or little, 

Take my word for 't, affects them not a tittle. 
Bub. Far be 't from me, friend Bab, to give offence. 

But, 'pon my life, you've not a grain of sense. 

You talk insanely ! was there ever heard 

An argument so utterly absurd ? 

Eidiculous ! Why, every one must scout it. 

It's as clear as day you don't know aught about it. 

Bab. I don't know aught, sir ! Bubble, you're a 

{To King). Sire, 

Is this man not enough to raise one's ire ? 

He talks to me as if I was — the flunke^^ ! 
DiB. He talks to you as if you were a monkey ? 
Bab. He does, sire ; that's a fact ; your words are true. 
Bub. I don't know that he's not one, sire ; do you ? 
Bab. Zounds, sir ! 
Bub. Well, sir ? 

DiB. Peace ! you two noisy gentry. 

This squabble's anything but parliament'ry. 

You see, good Babble, Bubble has a plan, 

Which he has stated. Now you, if you can, 

Should state yours also. 
Bub. That is, if you've got one. 

Bab. {asid ). I certainly shall drop that Bub. a hot one. 

(Aloud). Oh, yes^ I have one ; good as yours — and 
better. 
DiB. Then state it, pray, and render me your debtor. 
Bab. My plan, sire, is simplicity itself. 
Bub. It's sure to be from such a simple elf. 
Bab, Upon my word, sire, this is much too bad. 
DiB. Bubble, be quiet, or you'll drive him mad. 
Bub. Not far to drive him, sire ; he's on the border. 



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DiB. Bubble, once more your king calls you to order. 
(To Bab.) Proceed, sir. 

Bab. Well, I was about to say, 

My plan's as clear, as simple as the day ; 
And 'tis the only plan, you may depend, 
By which to bring about the wished-for end. 
There's not a doubt in any thoughtful mind 
That we the fountain of all crime shall find 
In ignorance. Ay, sire, you ope your eyes. 
And look at me with wonder and surprise. 
But still my words are true. The only way 
To check the monster Crime, s're, is to slay 
The monster Ignorance. Once strike him down 
And Crime will never more upon us frown. 
In short, my plan for working reformation 
Is summed up in the one word — education. 

Bub. Oh, dear, dear, dear ! What, nothing more than 
that? 
A fine plan, truly. Why, you awful flat ! 
The thing's as old as Adam. 'Tis a plan 
That's been proposed by every mortal man 
For centuries ! one knows the kind of thing— 
" Oh, educate the masses and you'll bring 
About a state of wonderful morality." 
Oh, dear, dear, dear ! Excuse my joviality. 
Why, it's been tried, and failed, no- end of times ; 
We know of heaps of educated crimes. 
A mighty plan indeed ! it beats mine double. 
Sheer windbag ! one might call it Babble's bubble. 
(To King). Sire, what think you of. it ? 

DiB. Well, I confess 

I have grave doubts of its complete success. 
You see, although, good Babble, education 
Has certainly not reached all of our nation ; 
It has a vast proportion, and a movement 
Ought surely to have set in of improvement. 
Yet 'tis not so. Indeed, we own to-day. 



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The movement is, alas ! the other way. 
No, we've not hit the right nail yet, I see , 
Still there must be a plan. What can it be ? 
We shall, I feel sure, know some day or other. 

Enter King Dabble. 
Dabble. Well, Dibble. 

DiB. Dabble ? What, my worthy brother ? 

Dab. The same. I've left my kingdom for a space 

To pay a flying visit to your place. 
DiB. Delighted. You've a train with you, of course ? 
Dab. Oh, yes, about a hundred thousand horse. 
DiB. Won't they walk in ? 
Dab. Thanks, they're quite satisfied. 

I thought it better they should wait outside. 
DiB. Well, brother, what an age since we met last. 
Dab. Yes, isn't it ? Time flies so plaguey fast. 
DiB. And so you're king of all that distant land ? 
Dab. As you of this. 
DiB. And are you very grand. 

And wealthy, and illustrious, and so on ? 
Dab. Well, yes, we manage pretty well to go on. 
DiB. Inform us of your country, state, and life. 
Dab. My country's one that never harbors strife ; 

We live in peace with all our fellow-men. 
DiB. What ? Goodness gracious me. Say that again. 

You never have disturbance, noise, nor riot ? 

How, Ifiow d'ye manage it ? 
Dab. By keeping quiet. 

My people ne'er fall out nor disagree. 
DiB. Mercy ! I wish that was the case with me. 

No fallings-out, no grievances, no grudges ? 

Bless me, then where's there work for all your 
judges ? 
Dab. We have no judges and no courts of law ; 

With us they've long been needless. 
DiB. Needless? Pshaw! 

You're joking, Dabble, nobody can doubt it. 




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Dab. Dibble, there's not the slightest joke about it. 
DiB. No courts of justice ? Bless my heart alive ! 
How then to punish crime do you contrive ? 
We have no crime. 

{together). No crime ? 

Oh ! am I sane ? 
I won't ask you to say those words again, 
'Twould be imposing on you. But — no crime ! 
Oh, prospect beatific ! thought sublime ! 
Oh, picture marvellous ! Dabble, explain 
What is the spell o'erspreading your domain ? 
What is the secret of your happy land ? 
Here, vice and crime prevail on every hand 
And law is set at naught and thieves abound, 
And ill is rampant everywhere around. 
Oh, tell me, brother Dabble, tell me, pray, 
The potent charm that drives all these away ! 

Dab. 'Tis this ; a simple one, you'll own, I think : 
The absence of all alcoholic drink. 

Dib. ) . 

Bub. >• (together). No alcohol ? 

Bab. ) 

Dib. Then no one e'er carouses ? 

Why, what's become of all your drinking-houses ? 

Dab. I've long since shut them up as needless pests. 
I deemed it for our best interests. 

Dib. And did the nation mind it ? 

Dab. Yes, most strongly, 

And at the time thought I was acting wrongly, 
But soon 'twas proved, and proved beyond a doubt. 
That it was time and labor well laid out. 

Bab. {to Bub.) Bubble, I knew your babble from the 
first. 

Bub. {to Bab.) Babble, my friend, your precious bub- 
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DiB. Bubble and Babble, courtiers good and true, 
The day's arrived that I alluded to. 
I quite believe that we have found the way 
The much-lamented march of crime to stay. 
We will do nothing rash ; but mark me well, 
Broken must be that crime's long potent spell, 
And, if all other means we vainly try. 
If still the tyrant dare us to defy. 
Then, as elsewhere they've done, so we must do, 
E'en banish alcohol from this realm too. 



BEWARE OF THE SALOONS. 

BY H. ELLIOTT m'bRIDE. 

Characters : 

Mr. Davis. Mrs. Fairfax. 

Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Bolivar. 

Edwin Davis. 

ACT I. 

Scene. A Bcom, Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Fairfax, 
seated, 

Mrs. Fairfax. You have heard that Mr. Stevenson 
has decided to open a saloon in our village. We think 
that if all, or nearly all, the villagers unite in asking 
that he give up the idea, he may do so. 

Mrs. Davis. Why, Mrs. Fairfax, that's no afiEair of 
mine. If a man wants to open a saloon and sell in- 
toxicating liquor, I don't think I should trouble myself 
about it. It is his own business — not mine. 

Mrs. Fairfax. But you have a son, Mrs. Davis, and 
who knows but he may be led to drink if a saloon 
should be opened ? 

Drs. Davis. My son be led to drink ! Edwin go to 
a saloon ! Why, Mrs. Fairfax, you might as well tell 



Co7icert Temperance Exercises, 155 

me that Edwin hadn't been properly brought up. 
Haven't I talked to him about the evils of intemper- 
ance ? Haven't I inculcated right principles into him 
ever since he was a child upon my knee ? Of course, I 
have. And now for you to say to me that Edwin is 
likely to go to the saloon and learn to drink and be- 
come a drunkard, is to speak very unkindly, indeed. If 
you were not an old and tried friend, I should be forced 
to conclude that you wished to insult me. 

Mrs. Paiufax. Eleanor, you are too hasty. I did 
not say that Edwin was likely to become a drunkard. I 
only said that if a saloon should be opened in the vil- 
lage your son, although carefully trained, might be led 
away. Strong drink has overcome strong men, and 
temptation has led many young men from the right 
path. 

Mrs. Davis. Well, I have no fears for Edwin. He 
has always been a good boy, and I have all confidence 
in him. If I should sign your petition and he should 
know it, he would think I had lost confidence in him. 
I am not afraid of Edwin. There may be many in the 
village who have wayward sons, or sons who have not 
been carefully taught. They may sign the petition, and 
it is only right that they should sign it, but the matter 
does not concern me, and why should I interfere ? 

Mrs. Fairfax. But do you not think that it would 
be right for you to sign the paper if by so doing you 
could save some young man from being led into the 
path of the drunkard ? 

Mrs. Davis. No, I shall not interfere. It is not a 
matter that concerns me. If there are any who have 
not educated their children properly, and if there are 
any young men who are in danger of becoming drunk- 
ards, it is their parents' business and not mine. They 
should sign your paper, for it is a matter that concerns 
them. 

Mrs. Fairfax (rising). Well, I have presented the 



156 Concert Temperance Exercises. 

case to you. There are many others I want to see, so I 
must bid you good-morning. 

Mes. Davis. Good-morning. {Exit Mks. Fairfax.) 
Enter Mrs. Bolivar. 

Mrs. Bolivar. What was that woman arter ? 

Mrs. Davis. She wanted me to sign a petition asking 
the man, who thinks of opening a saloon, to refrain 
from doing so. 

Mrs. Bolivar. Wall, yeou signed it, Is'pose? 

Mrs. Daves. Indeed I did not. It was no affair of 
mine. 

Mrs. Bolivar. Didn't sign it ! Why, yeou ain*t a 
heathen woman, are yeou ? Do yeou want this place 
turned into a drinkin', drunken taown — a reg'lar pan- 
demonium on airth ? 

Mrs. Davis. It doesn't follow that it will become 
such simply because they are about to open a saloon. 

Mrs. Bolivar. But I tell yeoa it rfoes f oiler. If they 
open up the saloon yeou'U soon see what kind of a taown 
yeou'U have here. Hain't I lived all my life in a taown 
where they had a saloon ? Wall, I reckon I have, and I 
know jest what kind of a place it is, and what a saloon 
will do. Yeou'd better run arter that woman and ax her 
to come back, so's yeou can sign the petition. 

Mrs. Davis. Indeed, I shall do no such thing. It 
doesn't concern me whether they open a saloon or not. 

Mrs. Bolivar. But I say it does concern yeou. 
Haven't yeou got a boy, and isn't he likely to fall ? 

Mrs. Davis. No, he is not likely to fall. Edwin has 
been carefully taught. He has been warned against 
the evils of intemperance as well as against other evils. 

Mrs. Bolivar. Yas, but warnin's don't allers save 
boys, partic'larly where there's temptation in the way. 
I'm yeour sister-in-law, Eleanor, and I know what's 
what, and I wouldn't interfere in the case if I didn't 
know it was for the good of yeour boy. Deown in 
Pocomoke, whar I live^ there's a family by the xiame of 



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Rowland. They have two boys, and them two boys are 
goin' to destruction jest as fast as they can travel. The 
grog-shop's what's doin' it too. Their mother was 
somethin' like you — had ail confidence in her boys— let 
'em run on the streets at night, and felt sure they'd 
never go near the saloon. But arter awhile she found 
eout her mistake. And she found it eout when it was 
too late, too. Them boys are goin' straight to destruc- 
tion neow. And if they open a saloon in this taown, I 
shouldn't wonder if yeour boy'd go that way too. Yeou 
know the Scripters say, " Let him that thinketh he 
stands take heed lest he fall." 

Mrs. Davis. I think there should be something in 
the Scriptures saying, " People should m_ind their own 
affairs and not meddle with the affairs of others." 

{Exit Mrs. Davis.) 

Mrs. Bolivar. My! She flings eout of the room 
like as if she was in a bad humor. Wall, she can be in 
a bad humor if she wants to. I was only talkin' for her 
own good and for the good of her boy. 

ACT n. 

Scene. A Room, Edwin lying on a sofa asleep. Mrs, 
Davis and Mrs. Bolivar seated. 

Mrs. Davis. Oh, Emily, this trouble is weighing 
heavily upon me. It seems that it will break my heart. 

Mrs. Bolivar. Wall, I s'pose yeou'd sign a petition 
neow to have the saloon kept eout of the taown. It 
warn't no use at one time to talk to yeou abeout sign- 
in' a petition of that kind. Yeou thought it v/as some- 
thin' that didn't consarn yeou. But I kalkilate yeou've 
found eout contrarywise. 

Mrs. Davis. Yes, Emily, I have. I thought that my 
boy had been brought up in the right way. I had no 
fears for him, and I thought that if Mr. Stevenson 
wanted to open a saloon in the village it was a matter 
that did not concern me. 



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Mks. Bolivar. Yas, I mind what yeou said, and yeou 
snapped me off purty short when I tried to reason the 
case with yeou. Wall, I don't want to make yeou feel 
any worse than yeou do neow. But I knowed jest 
heow it would turn eout. I lived fur a consid'able 
time in the little taown of Westfield, and they opened a 
saloon there. Most of the people there were jest like 
yeou — thought their boys were in no danger, but it 
warn't long till they found eout heow things were a 
goin'. Westfield was a purty nice place afore the saloon 
cum in, but it warn't more'n five years till more'n half 
the men and boys had got to drinkin' awful, and some 
of 'em got to be confirmed drunkards, and when I left 
they were goin' deown to destruction like smoke. One 
man killed another man right in the saloon, and the 
place got wuss and wuss, and, finally, I got up and cum 
away. I couldn't stay in sich a place any longer. 

Mrs. Davis. I have bitterly regretted the step I took 
in regard to the matter. 

Mrs. Bolivar. Oh, wall, I wouldn't take on abeout it 
neow. Of course yeou didn't know heow it was goin' 
to turn eout. People don't know abeout sich things. 
Neow, when I lived deown to Westfield there was a 
similar case there. Peter Simpson was a sort of a big- 
f eelin', self-righteous kind of a man, and he was a pillar 
in the church, too. And they axed him to do some- 
thin' to stop the perceedins when they talked abeout 
startin' a saloon in the taown. But Peter wouldn't do 
nothin'. Jest held up his head Hke as though saloons 
nor nothin' else could hurt him. He said as heow if 
the man wanted to open a saloon let him go ahead— he 
wouldn't do nothin' to stop him. He said he reckoned 
the saloon wouldn't hurt nobody if they kept eout of it. 
But they didn't keep eout of it. The liquor was there, 
and the people iiould go in and they would drink. 
Peter had two rail smart boys, and they tuck to goin' 
to the saloon, and they tuck to drinkin' too. Peter 



Concert Temperance Exercises. 159 

raved abeout it, but it didn't seem to do no kind of 
good. The demon of drink had got hold of them, and 
it warn't long till they were common drunkards. Oh, I 
tell yeou everybody ought to be on the look-eout con- 
tinually for fear some of their loved ones gits caught 
and dragged deown to destruction. 

Mrs. Davis. Oh, Emily, it is a fearful curse. I have 
had no peace since I learned that Edwin had com- 
menced to drink, and if he cannot be reclaimed I fear 
I shaU die of a broken heai-t. I know I cannot endure 
it. He is my only child, and how, oh, how can I en- 
dure the blow ? ( Weeps). 

Mrs. Bolivar. Wall, I jest know heow it is, and I 
understand heow yeou feel. 

Enter Mr. Davis. 

Mr. Davis (striding about). And so this boy's been 
drinking again. Well, this sha'n't go on any longer. 
I'll give him a sound thrashing when he wakes up, and 
then if he gets drunk again I'll drive him from my 
house. No boy of mine shall deceive me and disobey 
me as he has done. (Angrily), I'U drive him out. He 
sha'n't stay here to disgrace himself and me. I'll send 
him adrift, and let him drink himself into perdition. 

Mrs. Bolivar (raising her hands). Oh, James Davis ! 
Be yeou a Christian man or a Hottentot ? 

Mrs. Davis. Oh, James, you could not do that ! 

Mr. Davis. I can and I will. I have forbidden that 
boy to go to the saloon. He has disobeyed me again 
and again. Last night he said he wanted to go to a 
meeting of the Young Men's Christian Association. 
Thinking he was trying to reform, I gave him leave to 
go. Instead of that, he and another young whelp got 
a bottle of whiskey, found a room, and drank until they 
were both drunk — at least Edwin was. {Striding about). 
I'm not to be trifled with. He shall stop his drinking, or 
he goes forever from under my roof. 

{Eocit Mr. Davis.) 



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Mrs. Bolivar. James is goin' areound like a thunder- 
storm. 

Mrs. Davis. Oh, what shall I do ? 

Edwin {sitting up on the sofa). Mother, you need give 
yourself no further uneasiness. I have heard all that 
has been said, and I assure you that you will have no 
fuiiher trouble on my account. I have resolved that I 
will never drink another drop of intoxicating liquor. 

Mrs. Davis {going to him and taking his hands in hers,) 
My dear boy, you have made me so glad! Oh, so 
glad! 

Mrs. Bolivar. But do yeou think yeou can stick to 
yeour resolution? Yeou know there's been a good 
many resolutions of that kind made, and when it comes 
to resolutin' not to drink liquor someheow the resoluters 
very often fly the track. 

Edwin. I know, but I am determined to stand firm. 
I see myseK now in all my hideousness, and I know 
how I have vexed and worried my mother. I know, too, 
that I would be driven out from home if I continued to 
drink. I know that father always means what he says. 
Let me assure you, mother, you will never again have 
cause to be worried and troubled about me. 

Mrs. Daves. Oh, I am so thankful ! 

Mrs. Bolivar. So'm I. Neow we'll go and tell 
James. (To audience). But first I want to say, Beivare 
of the Saloons, and do all in yeour power to save the 
young men from their baleful influence. 



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Six Dollars a Week. By Mary Dwinell Chellis 10 

A new addition to the Fife and Drum Series, and an excellent book in every way, 
teaching lessons of thrift and economy, and that money spent for liquor or 
tobacco is worse than wasted. 

Temperance Arithmetic. By Mrs. J. McNair Wright. 12mo, 32 pp. .05 
Alcohol Our Enemy. By J. N. Stearns. 8vo, 16 pages. 05 

Concert Exercise, containing individual and class recitations, responsive 
exercises, singing, with choice pieces of music, with notes and words. 

J. N. STEARNS, Publishing Agent, 58 Reade Street, New York. 



OOirOEET TEMPEEAFOE EXEKOISESf 

Or, Helps for Entertainments, is the title of 
a new book just issued by the National Tem- 
perance Soeiety and PublicatioB House- It 
consists of a great variety of exercises in which 
children can take part, many or few^ from two 
to as many as m^ay be desired- They are in- 
tended for use in Sun day-school Sy day-schools, 
Bands of Hope, Loyal Temperance Legions, 
Juvenile Temples, etc., and while most of its 
contents are good for any occasion, yet special 
days are provided for — Christmas, New- Year's, 
Independence Bay, Washington's Birthday, 
Thanksgiving, etc. Workers among the young 
will find this little book very helpful, for a 
number of entertainments can be arranged for 
at trilling cost, by selections from it, as its con- 
tents are both varied and numerous, comprising 
Fan Exercises, Motion Exercises, etc. Collected 
and edited by Miss L. Penney. 12mo, 160 pp. 
Price in paper covers, 25 cents ; cloth, 50 cents. 
Address J. N. Stearns, Publishing Agent, 58 
Reade Street, New York. 



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